Madison Heights vs Oak Park

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

Madison Heights 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 28,411 in Madison Heights). Madison Heights has the higher median household income ($66,726 vs $65,882 in Oak Park). Oak Park has the higher median home value ($198,500 vs $190,300 in Madison Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Madison Heights	Oak Park
Population	28,411	29,370
Median age	40.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,726	$65,882
Median home value	$190,300	$198,500
Median gross rent	$1,138	$1,354
Housing units	14,690	13,036
Homeownership rate	63.8%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison Heights	Oak Park
Population	30,120 → 28,411 (-5.7%)	29,726 → 29,370 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$53,439 → $66,726 (+24.9%)	$52,584 → $65,882 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$124,000 → $190,300 (+53.5%)	$117,700 → $198,500 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,138 (+17.7%)	$1,120 → $1,354 (+20.9%)

Madison Heights

Population

30,12028,411

Median household income

$53,439$66,726

Median home value

$124,000$190,300

Median gross rent

$967$1,138

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)

	Madison Heights	Oak Park
Under 5	4.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	19.1%	18.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.3%
75 and over	8.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison Heights	Oak Park
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	35.8%
Black or African American	7.4%	53.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.4%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	2.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison Heights	Oak Park
No high school diploma	10.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	27.1%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison Heights	Oak Park
Drove alone	72.6%	68.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	21.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison Heights	Oak Park
1-unit, detached	68.6%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	7.9%
20 or more units	9.9%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Madison Heights	Oak Park
Poverty rate	11.3%	14.2%
Average household size	2.07	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1960	1958