Bloomfield Hills vs Wolverine Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomfield Hills and Wolverine Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Bloomfield Hills and Wolverine Lake are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wolverine Lake has the higher population (4,476 vs 4,412 in Bloomfield Hills). Bloomfield Hills has the higher median household income ($200,318 vs $88,423 in Wolverine Lake). Bloomfield Hills has the higher median home value ($942,900 vs $270,400 in Wolverine Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield Hills	Wolverine Lake
Population	4,412	4,476
Median age	49.0 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$200,318	$88,423
Median home value	$942,900	$270,400
Median gross rent	$3,250	$1,678
Housing units	1,698	2,013
Homeownership rate	88.7%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.3%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield Hills	Wolverine Lake
Population	4,004 → 4,412 (+10.2%)	4,648 → 4,476 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$178,894 → $200,318 (+12.0%)	$85,019 → $88,423 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$860,800 → $942,900 (+9.5%)	$197,000 → $270,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,527 → $3,250 (+112.8%)	$988 → $1,678 (+69.8%)

Bloomfield Hills

Population

4,0044,412

Median household income

$178,894$200,318

Median home value

$860,800$942,900

Median gross rent

$1,527$3,250

Wolverine Lake

Population

4,6484,476

Median household income

$85,019$88,423

Median home value

$197,000$270,400

Median gross rent

$988$1,678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield Hills	Wolverine Lake
Under 5	4.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	5.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	20.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.2%
75 and over	18.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield Hills	Wolverine Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	87.5%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield Hills	Wolverine Lake
No high school diploma	1.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	9.5%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	9.9%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	47.9%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield Hills	Wolverine Lake
Drove alone	77.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	1.1%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	14.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield Hills	Wolverine Lake
1-unit, detached	74.9%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	8.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield Hills	Wolverine Lake
Poverty rate	3.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1975	1972