Farmington Hills vs Novi

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

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

Farmington Hills has the higher population (83,316 vs 66,224 in Novi). Novi has the higher median household income ($110,938 vs $101,863 in Farmington Hills). Novi has the higher median home value ($399,100 vs $333,200 in Farmington Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington Hills	Novi
Population	83,316	66,224
Median age	41.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,863	$110,938
Median home value	$333,200	$399,100
Median gross rent	$1,475	$1,696
Housing units	37,615	27,934
Homeownership rate	64.0%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	61.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington Hills	Novi
Population	81,214 → 83,316 (+2.6%)	60,014 → 66,224 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$83,268 → $101,863 (+22.3%)	$98,020 → $110,938 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$257,300 → $333,200 (+29.5%)	$322,100 → $399,100 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $1,475 (+26.0%)	$1,347 → $1,696 (+25.9%)

Farmington Hills

Population

81,21483,316

Median household income

$83,268$101,863

Median home value

$257,300$333,200

Median gross rent

$1,171$1,475

Novi

Population

60,01466,224

Median household income

$98,020$110,938

Median home value

$322,100$399,100

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington Hills	Novi
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.8%
75 and over	8.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington Hills	Novi
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	56.9%
Black or African American	18.2%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	14.5%	25.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington Hills	Novi
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	13.6%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington Hills	Novi
Drove alone	72.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	6.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.2%	18.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington Hills	Novi
1-unit, detached	55.5%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	13.9%
20 or more units	8.4%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Farmington Hills	Novi
Poverty rate	6.3%	4.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1978	1992