Birmingham vs Wixom

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

Birmingham and Wixom 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 17,126 in Wixom). Birmingham has the higher median household income ($153,125 vs $68,319 in Wixom). Birmingham has the higher median home value ($712,700 vs $336,200 in Wixom).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Wixom
Population	21,612	17,126
Median age	41.1 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$153,125	$68,319
Median home value	$712,700	$336,200
Median gross rent	$1,891	$974
Housing units	10,322	8,743
Homeownership rate	76.2%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.9%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Wixom
Population	21,201 → 21,612 (+1.9%)	13,902 → 17,126 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$122,804 → $153,125 (+24.7%)	$53,259 → $68,319 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$541,500 → $712,700 (+31.6%)	$249,300 → $336,200 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,513 → $1,891 (+25.0%)	$745 → $974 (+30.7%)

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

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)

	Birmingham	Wixom
Under 5	6.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	9.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	21.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.7%
75 and over	6.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Wixom
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	73.7%
Black or African American	3.6%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.1%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Wixom
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	5.9%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	40.2%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Wixom
Drove alone	66.5%	76.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	25.1%	12.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Wixom
1-unit, detached	70.5%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	22.6%
20 or more units	10.2%	27.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Wixom
Poverty rate	4.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.32	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1960	1985