Farmington Hills vs Pontiac

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

Farmington Hills and Pontiac 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 61,914 in Pontiac). Farmington Hills has the higher median household income ($101,863 vs $42,791 in Pontiac). Farmington Hills has the higher median home value ($333,200 vs $110,600 in Pontiac).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington Hills	Pontiac
Population	83,316	61,914
Median age	41.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,863	$42,791
Median home value	$333,200	$110,600
Median gross rent	$1,475	$1,007
Housing units	37,615	28,276
Homeownership rate	64.0%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington Hills	Pontiac
Population	81,214 → 83,316 (+2.6%)	59,955 → 61,914 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$83,268 → $101,863 (+22.3%)	$33,568 → $42,791 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$257,300 → $333,200 (+29.5%)	$67,100 → $110,600 (+64.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $1,475 (+26.0%)	$815 → $1,007 (+23.6%)

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

Pontiac

Population

59,95561,914

Median household income

$33,568$42,791

Median home value

$67,100$110,600

Median gross rent

$815$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington Hills	Pontiac
Under 5	5.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.2%
75 and over	8.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington Hills	Pontiac
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	22.4%
Black or African American	18.2%	46.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	14.5%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington Hills	Pontiac
No high school diploma	4.3%	18.4%
High school graduate	13.6%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington Hills	Pontiac
Drove alone	72.3%	73.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	16.3%
Public transit	0.3%	1.1%
Walked	0.8%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.2%	4.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington Hills	Pontiac
1-unit, detached	55.5%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	12.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Farmington Hills	Pontiac
Poverty rate	6.3%	25.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1978	1960