Berkley vs Birmingham

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

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

Birmingham has the higher population (21,612 vs 15,084 in Berkley). Birmingham has the higher median household income ($153,125 vs $113,103 in Berkley). Birmingham has the higher median home value ($712,700 vs $289,200 in Berkley).

Population, income & housing

	Berkley	Birmingham
Population	15,084	21,612
Median age	37.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$113,103	$153,125
Median home value	$289,200	$712,700
Median gross rent	$1,436	$1,891
Housing units	7,068	10,322
Homeownership rate	85.7%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.1%	76.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkley	Birmingham
Population	15,372 → 15,084 (-1.9%)	21,201 → 21,612 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$86,905 → $113,103 (+30.1%)	$122,804 → $153,125 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$199,200 → $289,200 (+45.2%)	$541,500 → $712,700 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,436 (+28.8%)	$1,513 → $1,891 (+25.0%)

Berkley

Population

15,37215,084

Median household income

$86,905$113,103

Median home value

$199,200$289,200

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,436

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)

	Berkley	Birmingham
Under 5	6.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	22.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.4%
75 and over	4.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkley	Birmingham
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	83.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkley	Birmingham
No high school diploma	1.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	14.0%	5.9%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	40.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkley	Birmingham
Drove alone	72.0%	66.5%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.3%	25.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkley	Birmingham
1-unit, detached	92.2%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	9.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Berkley	Birmingham
Poverty rate	4.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1949	1960