Auburn Hills vs Ferndale

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

Auburn Hills and Ferndale 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 19,156 in Ferndale). Ferndale has the higher median household income ($91,732 vs $78,727 in Auburn Hills). Auburn Hills has the higher median home value ($233,900 vs $233,600 in Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn Hills	Ferndale
Population	24,911	19,156
Median age	36.2 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,727	$91,732
Median home value	$233,900	$233,600
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,235
Housing units	12,072	10,844
Homeownership rate	50.9%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	56.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn Hills	Ferndale
Population	23,572 → 24,911 (+5.7%)	20,137 → 19,156 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$64,186 → $78,727 (+22.7%)	$71,807 → $91,732 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $233,900 (+47.5%)	$162,000 → $233,600 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,411 (+26.3%)	$1,032 → $1,235 (+19.7%)

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

Ferndale

Population

20,13719,156

Median household income

$71,807$91,732

Median home value

$162,000$233,600

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn Hills	Ferndale
Under 5	4.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.1%	5.8%
18 to 24	13.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	19.9%	30.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	18.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.6%
75 and over	6.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn Hills	Ferndale
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	80.9%
Black or African American	11.8%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	14.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn Hills	Ferndale
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	19.1%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn Hills	Ferndale
Drove alone	75.3%	66.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.6%	25.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn Hills	Ferndale
1-unit, detached	40.1%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	9.3%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Auburn Hills	Ferndale
Poverty rate	11.2%	7.9%
Average household size	2.14	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1990	1943