Ferndale vs Wixom

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

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

Ferndale has the higher population (19,156 vs 17,126 in Wixom). Ferndale has the higher median household income ($91,732 vs $68,319 in Wixom). Wixom has the higher median home value ($336,200 vs $233,600 in Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Wixom
Population	19,156	17,126
Median age	35.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$91,732	$68,319
Median home value	$233,600	$336,200
Median gross rent	$1,235	$974
Housing units	10,844	8,743
Homeownership rate	67.6%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.5%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Wixom
Population	20,137 → 19,156 (-4.9%)	13,902 → 17,126 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$71,807 → $91,732 (+27.7%)	$53,259 → $68,319 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$162,000 → $233,600 (+44.2%)	$249,300 → $336,200 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,032 → $1,235 (+19.7%)	$745 → $974 (+30.7%)

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

Wixom

Population

13,90217,126

Median household income

$53,259$68,319

Median home value

$249,300$336,200

Median gross rent

$745$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferndale	Wixom
Under 5	5.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	5.8%	9.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	30.9%	21.2%
35 to 44	18.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.7%
75 and over	3.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Wixom
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	73.7%
Black or African American	5.6%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Wixom
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	14.9%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Wixom
Drove alone	66.8%	76.8%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	25.4%	12.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Wixom
1-unit, detached	77.4%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	22.6%
20 or more units	4.9%	27.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Wixom
Poverty rate	7.9%	8.7%
Average household size	1.88	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1943	1985