Ferndale vs Oak Park

A side-by-side comparison of Ferndale and Oak Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oak Park has the higher population (29,370 vs 19,156 in Ferndale). Ferndale has the higher median household income ($91,732 vs $65,882 in Oak Park). Ferndale has the higher median home value ($233,600 vs $198,500 in Oak Park).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Oak Park
Population	19,156	29,370
Median age	35.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,732	$65,882
Median home value	$233,600	$198,500
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,354
Housing units	10,844	13,036
Homeownership rate	67.6%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.5%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Oak Park
Population	20,137 → 19,156 (-4.9%)	29,726 → 29,370 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$71,807 → $91,732 (+27.7%)	$52,584 → $65,882 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$162,000 → $233,600 (+44.2%)	$117,700 → $198,500 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,032 → $1,235 (+19.7%)	$1,120 → $1,354 (+20.9%)

Ferndale

Population

20,13719,156

Median household income

$71,807$91,732

Median home value

$162,000$233,600

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,235

Oak Park

Population

29,72629,370

Median household income

$52,584$65,882

Median home value

$117,700$198,500

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,354

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferndale	Oak Park
Under 5	5.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	5.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	30.9%	18.8%
35 to 44	18.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.3%
75 and over	3.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Oak Park
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	35.8%
Black or African American	5.6%	53.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.2%	2.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Oak Park
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	14.9%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Oak Park
Drove alone	66.8%	68.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	21.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Oak Park
1-unit, detached	77.4%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	7.9%
20 or more units	4.9%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Oak Park
Poverty rate	7.9%	14.2%
Average household size	1.88	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1943	1958