Clawson vs Farmington

A side-by-side comparison of Clawson and Farmington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farmington has the higher population (11,472 vs 11,314 in Clawson). Farmington has the higher median household income ($94,115 vs $86,630 in Clawson). Farmington has the higher median home value ($273,000 vs $250,800 in Clawson).

Population, income & housing

	Clawson	Farmington
Population	11,314	11,472
Median age	40.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,630	$94,115
Median home value	$250,800	$273,000
Median gross rent	$1,253	$1,299
Housing units	5,865	5,434
Homeownership rate	73.6%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clawson	Farmington
Population	11,971 → 11,314 (-5.5%)	10,563 → 11,472 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$67,717 → $86,630 (+27.9%)	$76,102 → $94,115 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$177,500 → $250,800 (+41.3%)	$210,000 → $273,000 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,253 (+34.3%)	$1,053 → $1,299 (+23.4%)

Clawson

Population

11,97111,314

Median household income

$67,717$86,630

Median home value

$177,500$250,800

Median gross rent

$933$1,253

Farmington

Population

10,56311,472

Median household income

$76,102$94,115

Median home value

$210,000$273,000

Median gross rent

$1,053$1,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clawson	Farmington
Under 5	3.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	11.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	21.1%	19.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.9%
75 and over	6.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clawson	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	62.6%
Black or African American	3.4%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	19.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clawson	Farmington
No high school diploma	3.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	22.0%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clawson	Farmington
Drove alone	72.5%	68.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.2%	21.9%
Other means	0.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clawson	Farmington
1-unit, detached	74.0%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	26.9%
20 or more units	4.9%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Clawson	Farmington
Poverty rate	5.4%	4.0%
Average household size	1.94	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1958	1966