Oak Park vs Wixom

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

Oak Park and Wixom 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 17,126 in Wixom). Wixom has the higher median household income ($68,319 vs $65,882 in Oak Park). Wixom has the higher median home value ($336,200 vs $198,500 in Oak Park).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Park	Wixom
Population	29,370	17,126
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,882	$68,319
Median home value	$198,500	$336,200
Median gross rent	$1,354	$974
Housing units	13,036	8,743
Homeownership rate	59.3%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Park	Wixom
Population	29,726 → 29,370 (-1.2%)	13,902 → 17,126 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$52,584 → $65,882 (+25.3%)	$53,259 → $68,319 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $198,500 (+68.6%)	$249,300 → $336,200 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,354 (+20.9%)	$745 → $974 (+30.7%)

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

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)

	Oak Park	Wixom
Under 5	4.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	9.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	18.8%	21.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.7%
75 and over	6.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Park	Wixom
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	73.7%
Black or African American	53.1%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Park	Wixom
No high school diploma	6.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	17.4%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Park	Wixom
Drove alone	68.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.1%	12.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Park	Wixom
1-unit, detached	73.6%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	22.6%
20 or more units	7.7%	27.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Oak Park	Wixom
Poverty rate	14.2%	8.7%
Average household size	2.31	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1958	1985