Southfield vs Troy

A side-by-side comparison of Southfield and Troy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Troy has the higher population (87,307 vs 76,025 in Southfield). Troy has the higher median household income ($119,299 vs $65,848 in Southfield). Troy has the higher median home value ($396,800 vs $226,900 in Southfield).

Population, income & housing

	Southfield	Troy
Population	76,025	87,307
Median age	42.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,848	$119,299
Median home value	$226,900	$396,800
Median gross rent	$1,301	$1,557
Housing units	38,014	34,997
Homeownership rate	51.9%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	64.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southfield	Troy
Population	73,174 → 76,025 (+3.9%)	83,989 → 87,307 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$55,705 → $65,848 (+18.2%)	$101,882 → $119,299 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$155,700 → $226,900 (+45.7%)	$301,500 → $396,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,301 (+15.6%)	$1,215 → $1,557 (+28.1%)

Southfield

Population

73,17476,025

Median household income

$55,705$65,848

Median home value

$155,700$226,900

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,301

Troy

Population

83,98987,307

Median household income

$101,882$119,299

Median home value

$301,500$396,800

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Southfield	Troy
Under 5	5.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.9%
75 and over	8.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southfield	Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	25.6%	62.6%
Black or African American	63.6%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	26.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southfield	Troy
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	19.9%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southfield	Troy
Drove alone	73.2%	71.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.2%
Walked	1.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.0%	20.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southfield	Troy
1-unit, detached	47.0%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	11.3%
20 or more units	23.4%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Southfield	Troy
Poverty rate	11.2%	5.3%
Average household size	2.12	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1969	1977