Carsonville vs Port Sanilac

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

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

Port Sanilac has the higher population (787 vs 433 in Carsonville). Carsonville has the higher median household income ($55,313 vs $41,779 in Port Sanilac). Port Sanilac has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $99,000 in Carsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Carsonville	Port Sanilac
Population	433	787
Median age	39.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$41,779
Median home value	$99,000	$154,500
Median gross rent	$988	$831
Housing units	187	473
Homeownership rate	68.7%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carsonville	Port Sanilac
Population	504 → 433 (-14.1%)	592 → 787 (+32.9%)
Median household income	$40,469 → $55,313 (+36.7%)	$45,625 → $41,779 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $99,000 (+50.5%)	$125,500 → $154,500 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $988 (+36.3%)	$718 → $831 (+15.7%)

Carsonville

Population

504433

Median household income

$40,469$55,313

Median home value

$65,800$99,000

Median gross rent

$725$988

Port Sanilac

Population

592787

Median household income

$45,625$41,779

Median home value

$125,500$154,500

Median gross rent

$718$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carsonville	Port Sanilac
Under 5	4.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	22.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	1.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	18.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	17.4%
75 and over	3.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carsonville	Port Sanilac
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
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%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carsonville	Port Sanilac
No high school diploma	17.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	41.9%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carsonville	Port Sanilac
Drove alone	73.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	15.4%	14.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	4.3%
Other means	8.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carsonville	Port Sanilac
1-unit, detached	81.3%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Carsonville	Port Sanilac
Poverty rate	18.6%	15.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1966	1974