Auburn Hills vs Oak Park

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

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

Oak Park has the higher population (29,370 vs 24,911 in Auburn Hills). Auburn Hills has the higher median household income ($78,727 vs $65,882 in Oak Park). Auburn Hills has the higher median home value ($233,900 vs $198,500 in Oak Park).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn Hills	Oak Park
Population	24,911	29,370
Median age	36.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,727	$65,882
Median home value	$233,900	$198,500
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,354
Housing units	12,072	13,036
Homeownership rate	50.9%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn Hills	Oak Park
Population	23,572 → 24,911 (+5.7%)	29,726 → 29,370 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$64,186 → $78,727 (+22.7%)	$52,584 → $65,882 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $233,900 (+47.5%)	$117,700 → $198,500 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,411 (+26.3%)	$1,120 → $1,354 (+20.9%)

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

Oak Park

Population

29,72629,370

Median household income

$52,584$65,882

Median home value

$117,700$198,500

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,354

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn Hills	Oak Park
Under 5	4.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	13.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	19.9%	18.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.3%
75 and over	6.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn Hills	Oak Park
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	35.8%
Black or African American	11.8%	53.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	14.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	2.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn Hills	Oak Park
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	19.1%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn Hills	Oak Park
Drove alone	75.3%	68.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	21.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn Hills	Oak Park
1-unit, detached	40.1%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	7.9%
20 or more units	9.3%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Auburn Hills	Oak Park
Poverty rate	11.2%	14.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1990	1958