Berkley vs Farmington

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

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

Berkley has the higher population (15,084 vs 11,472 in Farmington). Berkley has the higher median household income ($113,103 vs $94,115 in Farmington). Berkley has the higher median home value ($289,200 vs $273,000 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Berkley	Farmington
Population	15,084	11,472
Median age	37.7 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$113,103	$94,115
Median home value	$289,200	$273,000
Median gross rent	$1,436	$1,299
Housing units	7,068	5,434
Homeownership rate	85.7%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.1%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkley	Farmington
Population	15,372 → 15,084 (-1.9%)	10,563 → 11,472 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$86,905 → $113,103 (+30.1%)	$76,102 → $94,115 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$199,200 → $289,200 (+45.2%)	$210,000 → $273,000 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,436 (+28.8%)	$1,053 → $1,299 (+23.4%)

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

Farmington

Population

10,56311,472

Median household income

$76,102$94,115

Median home value

$210,000$273,000

Median gross rent

$1,053$1,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkley	Farmington
Under 5	6.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	11.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	22.0%	19.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.9%
75 and over	4.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkley	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	62.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	19.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkley	Farmington
No high school diploma	1.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	14.0%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkley	Farmington
Drove alone	72.0%	68.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.3%	21.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkley	Farmington
1-unit, detached	92.2%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	26.9%
20 or more units	3.5%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Berkley	Farmington
Poverty rate	4.7%	4.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1949	1966