Birmingham vs Oak Park

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

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

Oak Park has the higher population (29,370 vs 21,612 in Birmingham). Birmingham has the higher median household income ($153,125 vs $65,882 in Oak Park). Birmingham has the higher median home value ($712,700 vs $198,500 in Oak Park).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Oak Park
Population	21,612	29,370
Median age	41.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$153,125	$65,882
Median home value	$712,700	$198,500
Median gross rent	$1,891	$1,354
Housing units	10,322	13,036
Homeownership rate	76.2%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.9%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Oak Park
Population	21,201 → 21,612 (+1.9%)	29,726 → 29,370 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$122,804 → $153,125 (+24.7%)	$52,584 → $65,882 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$541,500 → $712,700 (+31.6%)	$117,700 → $198,500 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,513 → $1,891 (+25.0%)	$1,120 → $1,354 (+20.9%)

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

Oak Park

Population

29,72629,370

Median household income

$52,584$65,882

Median home value

$117,700$198,500

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,354

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birmingham	Oak Park
Under 5	6.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	18.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.3%
75 and over	6.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Oak Park
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	35.8%
Black or African American	3.6%	53.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.1%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	2.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Oak Park
No high school diploma	1.2%	6.9%
High school graduate	5.9%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	40.2%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Oak Park
Drove alone	66.5%	68.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	21.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Oak Park
1-unit, detached	70.5%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	10.2%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Oak Park
Poverty rate	4.9%	14.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1960	1958