Carsonville vs Minden City

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

Carsonville and Minden City 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 182 in Minden City). Carsonville has the higher median household income ($55,313 vs $52,500 in Minden City). Carsonville has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $88,600 in Minden City).

Population, income & housing

	Carsonville	Minden City
Population	433	182
Median age	39.1 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$52,500
Median home value	$99,000	$88,600
Median gross rent	$988	$840
Housing units	187	103
Homeownership rate	68.7%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carsonville	Minden City
Population	504 → 433 (-14.1%)	150 → 182 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$40,469 → $55,313 (+36.7%)	$39,219 → $52,500 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $99,000 (+50.5%)	$67,300 → $88,600 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $988 (+36.3%)	$600 → $840 (+40.0%)

Carsonville

Population

504433

Median household income

$40,469$55,313

Median home value

$65,800$99,000

Median gross rent

$725$988

Minden City

Population

150182

Median household income

$39,219$52,500

Median home value

$67,300$88,600

Median gross rent

$600$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carsonville	Minden City
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	22.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.1%
75 and over	3.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carsonville	Minden City
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	97.8%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carsonville	Minden City
No high school diploma	17.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	41.9%	60.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carsonville	Minden City
Drove alone	73.9%	87.0%
Carpooled	15.4%	2.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	10.1%
Other means	8.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carsonville	Minden City
1-unit, detached	81.3%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Carsonville	Minden City
Poverty rate	18.6%	21.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1966	1944