Auburn Hills vs Birmingham

A side-by-side comparison of Auburn Hills and Birmingham: population, income, housing, and more.

Auburn Hills and Birmingham are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Auburn Hills has the higher population (24,911 vs 21,612 in Birmingham). Birmingham has the higher median household income ($153,125 vs $78,727 in Auburn Hills). Birmingham has the higher median home value ($712,700 vs $233,900 in Auburn Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn Hills	Birmingham
Population	24,911	21,612
Median age	36.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,727	$153,125
Median home value	$233,900	$712,700
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,891
Housing units	12,072	10,322
Homeownership rate	50.9%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	76.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn Hills	Birmingham
Population	23,572 → 24,911 (+5.7%)	21,201 → 21,612 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$64,186 → $78,727 (+22.7%)	$122,804 → $153,125 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $233,900 (+47.5%)	$541,500 → $712,700 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,411 (+26.3%)	$1,513 → $1,891 (+25.0%)

Auburn Hills

Population

23,57224,911

Median household income

$64,186$78,727

Median home value

$158,600$233,900

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,411

Birmingham

Population

21,20121,612

Median household income

$122,804$153,125

Median home value

$541,500$712,700

Median gross rent

$1,513$1,891

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn Hills	Birmingham
Under 5	4.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	11.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	13.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	19.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.4%
75 and over	6.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn Hills	Birmingham
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	11.8%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	14.5%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn Hills	Birmingham
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.2%
High school graduate	19.1%	5.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	40.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn Hills	Birmingham
Drove alone	75.3%	66.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.6%	25.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn Hills	Birmingham
1-unit, detached	40.1%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	9.0%
20 or more units	9.3%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Auburn Hills	Birmingham
Poverty rate	11.2%	4.9%
Average household size	2.14	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1990	1960