Bay View vs Carp Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bay View and Carp Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay View and Carp Lake are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carp Lake has the higher population (407 vs 153 in Bay View). Bay View has the higher median home value ($440,700 vs $170,800 in Carp Lake). Since 2019, Carp Lake's population has grown faster (+10.6% vs -40.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bay View	Carp Lake
Population	153	407
Median age	68.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$27,318
Median home value	$440,700	$170,800
Median gross rent	—	$565
Housing units	593	447
Homeownership rate	74.5%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.1%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay View	Carp Lake
Population	256 → 153 (-40.2%)	368 → 407 (+10.6%)
Median household income	—	$45,313 → $27,318 (-39.7%)
Median home value	$295,000 → $440,700 (+49.4%)	$122,500 → $170,800 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $565 (+7.6%)

Bay View

Population

256153

Median home value

$295,000$440,700

Carp Lake

Population

368407

Median household income

$45,313$27,318

Median home value

$122,500$170,800

Median gross rent

$525$565

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay View	Carp Lake
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	30.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	3.4%
35 to 44	20.9%	21.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	39.9%	14.5%
75 and over	14.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay View	Carp Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	9.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay View	Carp Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	14.4%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	43.1%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay View	Carp Lake
Drove alone	26.7%	94.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	73.3%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay View	Carp Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Bay View	Carp Lake
Poverty rate	6.5%	45.9%
Average household size	1.50	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1938	1975