Birmingham vs Hazel Park

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

Birmingham and Hazel Park 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 14,945 in Hazel Park). Birmingham has the higher median household income ($153,125 vs $62,878 in Hazel Park). Birmingham has the higher median home value ($712,700 vs $141,200 in Hazel Park).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Hazel Park
Population	21,612	14,945
Median age	41.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$153,125	$62,878
Median home value	$712,700	$141,200
Median gross rent	$1,891	$1,221
Housing units	10,322	7,149
Homeownership rate	76.2%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.9%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Hazel Park
Population	21,201 → 21,612 (+1.9%)	16,525 → 14,945 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$122,804 → $153,125 (+24.7%)	$38,903 → $62,878 (+61.6%)
Median home value	$541,500 → $712,700 (+31.6%)	$73,600 → $141,200 (+91.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,513 → $1,891 (+25.0%)	$978 → $1,221 (+24.8%)

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

Hazel Park

Population

16,52514,945

Median household income

$38,903$62,878

Median home value

$73,600$141,200

Median gross rent

$978$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birmingham	Hazel Park
Under 5	6.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	20.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.6%
75 and over	6.7%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Hazel Park
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	73.6%
Black or African American	3.6%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Hazel Park
No high school diploma	1.2%	9.8%
High school graduate	5.9%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	40.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Hazel Park
Drove alone	66.5%	77.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.3%	2.3%
Walked	1.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	25.1%	12.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Hazel Park
1-unit, detached	70.5%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	10.2%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Hazel Park
Poverty rate	4.9%	13.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1960	1956