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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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