Ann Arbor vs Whitmore Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Ann Arbor and Whitmore Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Ann Arbor and Whitmore Lake are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ann Arbor has the higher population (121,179 vs 8,083 in Whitmore Lake). Ann Arbor has the higher median household income ($81,089 vs $78,038 in Whitmore Lake). Ann Arbor has the higher median home value ($435,100 vs $270,300 in Whitmore Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Ann Arbor	Whitmore Lake
Population	121,179	8,083
Median age	27.7 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,089	$78,038
Median home value	$435,100	$270,300
Median gross rent	$1,552	$1,268
Housing units	53,715	3,723
Homeownership rate	45.6%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.7%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ann Arbor	Whitmore Lake
Population	120,735 → 121,179 (+0.4%)	6,618 → 8,083 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$65,745 → $81,089 (+23.3%)	$61,004 → $78,038 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$323,400 → $435,100 (+34.5%)	$174,800 → $270,300 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,237 → $1,552 (+25.5%)	$986 → $1,268 (+28.6%)

Ann Arbor

Population

120,735121,179

Median household income

$65,745$81,089

Median home value

$323,400$435,100

Median gross rent

$1,237$1,552

Whitmore Lake

Population

6,6188,083

Median household income

$61,004$78,038

Median home value

$174,800$270,300

Median gross rent

$986$1,268

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ann Arbor	Whitmore Lake
Under 5	3.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	8.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	31.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.5%	17.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	7.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.8%
75 and over	5.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ann Arbor	Whitmore Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	89.7%
Black or African American	7.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	15.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ann Arbor	Whitmore Lake
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	7.0%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	12.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	47.2%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ann Arbor	Whitmore Lake
Drove alone	45.6%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.9%
Public transit	7.3%	0.0%
Walked	13.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	13.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ann Arbor	Whitmore Lake
1-unit, detached	41.9%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	8.9%
20 or more units	14.8%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Ann Arbor	Whitmore Lake
Poverty rate	23.0%	6.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1971	1986