Carsonville vs Forestville

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

Carsonville and Forestville 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 142 in Forestville). Carsonville has the higher median household income ($55,313 vs $41,250 in Forestville). Forestville has the higher median home value ($134,400 vs $99,000 in Carsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Carsonville	Forestville
Population	433	142
Median age	39.1 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$41,250
Median home value	$99,000	$134,400
Median gross rent	$988	—
Housing units	187	141
Homeownership rate	68.7%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carsonville	Forestville
Population	504 → 433 (-14.1%)	106 → 142 (+34.0%)
Median household income	$40,469 → $55,313 (+36.7%)	$42,500 → $41,250 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $99,000 (+50.5%)	$77,100 → $134,400 (+74.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $988 (+36.3%)	—

Carsonville

Population

504433

Median household income

$40,469$55,313

Median home value

$65,800$99,000

Median gross rent

$725$988

Forestville

Population

106142

Median household income

$42,500$41,250

Median home value

$77,100$134,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carsonville	Forestville
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	11.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	4.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	29.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	31.7%
75 and over	3.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carsonville	Forestville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carsonville	Forestville
No high school diploma	17.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	41.9%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carsonville	Forestville
Drove alone	73.9%	82.9%
Carpooled	15.4%	2.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	8.6%
Other means	8.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carsonville	Forestville
1-unit, detached	81.3%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Carsonville	Forestville
Poverty rate	18.6%	23.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1966	1955