Hazel Park vs Wixom

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

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

Wixom has the higher population (17,126 vs 14,945 in Hazel Park). Wixom has the higher median household income ($68,319 vs $62,878 in Hazel Park). Wixom has the higher median home value ($336,200 vs $141,200 in Hazel Park).

Population, income & housing

	Hazel Park	Wixom
Population	14,945	17,126
Median age	36.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,878	$68,319
Median home value	$141,200	$336,200
Median gross rent	$1,221	$974
Housing units	7,149	8,743
Homeownership rate	61.6%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazel Park	Wixom
Population	16,525 → 14,945 (-9.6%)	13,902 → 17,126 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$38,903 → $62,878 (+61.6%)	$53,259 → $68,319 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $141,200 (+91.8%)	$249,300 → $336,200 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,221 (+24.8%)	$745 → $974 (+30.7%)

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

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)

	Hazel Park	Wixom
Under 5	3.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	9.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.8%
25 to 34	20.5%	21.2%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.7%
75 and over	3.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazel Park	Wixom
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	73.7%
Black or African American	9.7%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazel Park	Wixom
No high school diploma	9.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	35.5%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazel Park	Wixom
Drove alone	77.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.6%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.2%	12.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazel Park	Wixom
1-unit, detached	86.4%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	22.6%
20 or more units	8.6%	27.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hazel Park	Wixom
Poverty rate	13.6%	8.7%
Average household size	2.20	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1956	1985