Detroit vs Farmington Hills
Detroit, MI compared with Farmington Hills, MI · 16 miles apart
Detroit has 649,095 residents to Farmington Hills’s 83,291. Detroit comes out ahead on median rent, price to income. Farmington Hills does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.
| Detroit, MI | Farmington Hills, MI | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 649,095 | 83,291 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 4,679 | 2,504 |
| Median household income | $39,938 | $104,836 |
| Median home value | $83,900 | $354,500 |
| Median rent | $1,074 | $1,551 |
| Homeownership | 50.3% | 64.7% |
| Average commute | 24.8 min | 24.7 min |
| Median age | 35.2 | 42.6 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 18.1% | 57.6% |
| Poverty rate | 32.7% | 7.6% |
| Unemployment | 14% | 5.2% |
| Price to income | 2.1× | 3.4× |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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