Applegate vs Carsonville

A side-by-side comparison of Applegate and Carsonville: population, income, housing, and more.

Applegate and Carsonville are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carsonville has the higher population (433 vs 251 in Applegate). Applegate has the higher median household income ($62,667 vs $55,313 in Carsonville). Carsonville has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $93,800 in Applegate).

Population, income & housing

	Applegate	Carsonville
Population	251	433
Median age	41.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,667	$55,313
Median home value	$93,800	$99,000
Median gross rent	$1,063	$988
Housing units	115	187
Homeownership rate	85.5%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Applegate	Carsonville
Population	265 → 251 (-5.3%)	504 → 433 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$45,750 → $62,667 (+37.0%)	$40,469 → $55,313 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $93,800 (+35.9%)	$65,800 → $99,000 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,063 (+9.0%)	$725 → $988 (+36.3%)

Applegate

Population

265251

Median household income

$45,750$62,667

Median home value

$69,000$93,800

Median gross rent

$975$1,063

Carsonville

Population

504433

Median household income

$40,469$55,313

Median home value

$65,800$99,000

Median gross rent

$725$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Applegate	Carsonville
Under 5	9.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	19.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	18.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	6.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.6%
75 and over	5.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Applegate	Carsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	16.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Applegate	Carsonville
No high school diploma	9.7%	17.0%
High school graduate	38.9%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Applegate	Carsonville
Drove alone	75.7%	73.9%
Carpooled	13.0%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	8.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Applegate	Carsonville
1-unit, detached	96.5%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Applegate	Carsonville
Poverty rate	14.7%	18.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1957	1966