Barton Hills vs Dexter

A side-by-side comparison of Barton Hills and Dexter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dexter has the higher population (4,495 vs 478 in Barton Hills). Barton Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $103,182 in Dexter). Barton Hills has the higher median home value ($1,237,800 vs $401,800 in Dexter).

Population, income & housing

	Barton Hills	Dexter
Population	478	4,495
Median age	48.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$103,182
Median home value	$1,237,800	$401,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,603
Housing units	183	1,801
Homeownership rate	98.9%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	92.6%	70.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barton Hills	Dexter
Population	342 → 478 (+39.8%)	4,644 → 4,495 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$227,500 → $250,001 (+9.9%)	$85,469 → $103,182 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$913,000 → $1,237,800 (+35.6%)	$300,900 → $401,800 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,213 → $1,603 (+32.2%)

Barton Hills

Population

342478

Median household income

$227,500$250,001

Median home value

$913,000$1,237,800

Dexter

Population

4,6444,495

Median household income

$85,469$103,182

Median home value

$300,900$401,800

Median gross rent

$1,213$1,603

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barton Hills	Dexter
Under 5	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	28.0%	23.3%
18 to 24	2.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	2.7%	4.8%
35 to 44	4.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	21.1%	19.4%
55 to 64	9.2%	8.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	12.3%
75 and over	21.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barton Hills	Dexter
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	88.7%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	13.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barton Hills	Dexter
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	2.6%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	4.8%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	61.9%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barton Hills	Dexter
Drove alone	52.0%	68.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	4.0%
Bicycle	9.2%	1.5%
Worked from home	30.6%	23.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barton Hills	Dexter
1-unit, detached	96.7%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barton Hills	Dexter
Poverty rate	0.4%	2.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1960	1999