Farmington vs Hazel Park

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

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

Hazel Park has the higher population (14,945 vs 11,472 in Farmington). Farmington has the higher median household income ($94,115 vs $62,878 in Hazel Park). Farmington has the higher median home value ($273,000 vs $141,200 in Hazel Park).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Hazel Park
Population	11,472	14,945
Median age	39.6 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,115	$62,878
Median home value	$273,000	$141,200
Median gross rent	$1,299	$1,221
Housing units	5,434	7,149
Homeownership rate	64.5%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.8%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Hazel Park
Population	10,563 → 11,472 (+8.6%)	16,525 → 14,945 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$76,102 → $94,115 (+23.7%)	$38,903 → $62,878 (+61.6%)
Median home value	$210,000 → $273,000 (+30.0%)	$73,600 → $141,200 (+91.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,053 → $1,299 (+23.4%)	$978 → $1,221 (+24.8%)

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

Hazel Park

Population

16,52514,945

Median household income

$38,903$62,878

Median home value

$73,600$141,200

Median gross rent

$978$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Hazel Park
Under 5	6.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	19.7%	20.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.6%
75 and over	7.7%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Hazel Park
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	73.6%
Black or African American	8.2%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	19.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Hazel Park
No high school diploma	4.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	11.1%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Hazel Park
Drove alone	68.7%	77.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.1%	2.3%
Walked	2.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	21.9%	12.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Hazel Park
1-unit, detached	55.9%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	26.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	6.2%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Hazel Park
Poverty rate	4.0%	13.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1966	1956