Farmington Hills vs Troy

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

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

Troy has the higher population (87,307 vs 83,316 in Farmington Hills). Troy has the higher median household income ($119,299 vs $101,863 in Farmington Hills). Troy has the higher median home value ($396,800 vs $333,200 in Farmington Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington Hills	Troy
Population	83,316	87,307
Median age	41.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,863	$119,299
Median home value	$333,200	$396,800
Median gross rent	$1,475	$1,557
Housing units	37,615	34,997
Homeownership rate	64.0%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	64.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington Hills	Troy
Population	81,214 → 83,316 (+2.6%)	83,989 → 87,307 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$83,268 → $101,863 (+22.3%)	$101,882 → $119,299 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$257,300 → $333,200 (+29.5%)	$301,500 → $396,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $1,475 (+26.0%)	$1,215 → $1,557 (+28.1%)

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

Troy

Population

83,98987,307

Median household income

$101,882$119,299

Median home value

$301,500$396,800

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington Hills	Troy
Under 5	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.9%
75 and over	8.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington Hills	Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	62.6%
Black or African American	18.2%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	14.5%	26.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington Hills	Troy
No high school diploma	4.3%	4.2%
High school graduate	13.6%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington Hills	Troy
Drove alone	72.3%	71.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.2%	20.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington Hills	Troy
1-unit, detached	55.5%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	11.3%
20 or more units	8.4%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Farmington Hills	Troy
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1978	1977