Berkley vs Wixom

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

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

Wixom has the higher population (17,126 vs 15,084 in Berkley). Berkley has the higher median household income ($113,103 vs $68,319 in Wixom). Wixom has the higher median home value ($336,200 vs $289,200 in Berkley).

Population, income & housing

	Berkley	Wixom
Population	15,084	17,126
Median age	37.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$113,103	$68,319
Median home value	$289,200	$336,200
Median gross rent	$1,436	$974
Housing units	7,068	8,743
Homeownership rate	85.7%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.1%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkley	Wixom
Population	15,372 → 15,084 (-1.9%)	13,902 → 17,126 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$86,905 → $113,103 (+30.1%)	$53,259 → $68,319 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$199,200 → $289,200 (+45.2%)	$249,300 → $336,200 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,436 (+28.8%)	$745 → $974 (+30.7%)

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

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)

	Berkley	Wixom
Under 5	6.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.7%	9.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	22.0%	21.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.7%
75 and over	4.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkley	Wixom
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	73.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkley	Wixom
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	14.0%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkley	Wixom
Drove alone	72.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.3%	12.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkley	Wixom
1-unit, detached	92.2%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	22.6%
20 or more units	3.5%	27.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Berkley	Wixom
Poverty rate	4.7%	8.7%
Average household size	2.20	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1949	1985