Carsonville vs Melvin

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

Carsonville and Melvin 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 203 in Melvin). Carsonville has the higher median household income ($55,313 vs $49,375 in Melvin). Melvin has the higher median home value ($103,800 vs $99,000 in Carsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Carsonville	Melvin
Population	433	203
Median age	39.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$49,375
Median home value	$99,000	$103,800
Median gross rent	$988	$685
Housing units	187	86
Homeownership rate	68.7%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carsonville	Melvin
Population	504 → 433 (-14.1%)	184 → 203 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$40,469 → $55,313 (+36.7%)	$49,792 → $49,375 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $99,000 (+50.5%)	$114,400 → $103,800 (-9.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $988 (+36.3%)	$767 → $685 (-10.7%)

Carsonville

Population

504433

Median household income

$40,469$55,313

Median home value

$65,800$99,000

Median gross rent

$725$988

Melvin

Population

184203

Median household income

$49,792$49,375

Median home value

$114,400$103,800

Median gross rent

$767$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carsonville	Melvin
Under 5	4.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	19.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.3%
75 and over	3.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carsonville	Melvin
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carsonville	Melvin
No high school diploma	17.0%	23.2%
High school graduate	41.9%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carsonville	Melvin
Drove alone	73.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	15.4%	19.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.5%
Other means	8.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carsonville	Melvin
1-unit, detached	81.3%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Carsonville	Melvin
Poverty rate	18.6%	27.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	28	43
Median year structure built	1966	1949