Auburn Hills vs Wixom

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

Auburn Hills and Wixom 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 17,126 in Wixom). Auburn Hills has the higher median household income ($78,727 vs $68,319 in Wixom). Wixom has the higher median home value ($336,200 vs $233,900 in Auburn Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn Hills	Wixom
Population	24,911	17,126
Median age	36.2 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,727	$68,319
Median home value	$233,900	$336,200
Median gross rent	$1,411	$974
Housing units	12,072	8,743
Homeownership rate	50.9%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn Hills	Wixom
Population	23,572 → 24,911 (+5.7%)	13,902 → 17,126 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$64,186 → $78,727 (+22.7%)	$53,259 → $68,319 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $233,900 (+47.5%)	$249,300 → $336,200 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,411 (+26.3%)	$745 → $974 (+30.7%)

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

Wixom

Population

13,90217,126

Median household income

$53,259$68,319

Median home value

$249,300$336,200

Median gross rent

$745$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn Hills	Wixom
Under 5	4.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	11.1%	9.5%
18 to 24	13.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	19.9%	21.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.7%
75 and over	6.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn Hills	Wixom
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	73.7%
Black or African American	11.8%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	14.5%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn Hills	Wixom
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	19.1%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn Hills	Wixom
Drove alone	75.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.6%	12.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn Hills	Wixom
1-unit, detached	40.1%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	22.6%
20 or more units	9.3%	27.1%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Auburn Hills	Wixom
Poverty rate	11.2%	8.7%
Average household size	2.14	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1990	1985