Farmington Hills vs Southfield

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

Farmington Hills and Southfield 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 76,025 in Southfield). Farmington Hills has the higher median household income ($101,863 vs $65,848 in Southfield). Farmington Hills has the higher median home value ($333,200 vs $226,900 in Southfield).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington Hills	Southfield
Population	83,316	76,025
Median age	41.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,863	$65,848
Median home value	$333,200	$226,900
Median gross rent	$1,475	$1,301
Housing units	37,615	38,014
Homeownership rate	64.0%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington Hills	Southfield
Population	81,214 → 83,316 (+2.6%)	73,174 → 76,025 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$83,268 → $101,863 (+22.3%)	$55,705 → $65,848 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$257,300 → $333,200 (+29.5%)	$155,700 → $226,900 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $1,475 (+26.0%)	$1,125 → $1,301 (+15.6%)

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

Southfield

Population

73,17476,025

Median household income

$55,705$65,848

Median home value

$155,700$226,900

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,301

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington Hills	Southfield
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.7%
75 and over	8.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington Hills	Southfield
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	25.6%
Black or African American	18.2%	63.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	14.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington Hills	Southfield
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	13.6%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington Hills	Southfield
Drove alone	72.3%	73.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.3%	1.6%
Walked	0.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	15.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington Hills	Southfield
1-unit, detached	55.5%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	15.6%
20 or more units	8.4%	23.4%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Farmington Hills	Southfield
Poverty rate	6.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1978	1969