Detroit vs Livonia

A side-by-side comparison of Detroit and Livonia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Detroit has the higher population (636,644 vs 94,058 in Livonia). Livonia has the higher median household income ($96,317 vs $39,575 in Detroit). Livonia has the higher median home value ($265,300 vs $76,800 in Detroit).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	Livonia
Population	636,644	94,058
Median age	35.1 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,575	$96,317
Median home value	$76,800	$265,300
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,284
Housing units	326,065	38,976
Homeownership rate	49.7%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	Livonia
Population	674,841 → 636,644 (-5.7%)	94,249 → 94,058 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$30,894 → $39,575 (+28.1%)	$80,149 → $96,317 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$49,200 → $76,800 (+56.1%)	$191,500 → $265,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,034 (+25.5%)	$1,077 → $1,284 (+19.2%)

Detroit

Population

674,841636,644

Median household income

$30,894$39,575

Median home value

$49,200$76,800

Median gross rent

$824$1,034

Livonia

Population

94,24994,058

Median household income

$80,149$96,317

Median home value

$191,500$265,300

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,284

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit	Livonia
Under 5	6.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.8%
75 and over	5.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	Livonia
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	82.6%
Black or African American	76.4%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	Livonia
No high school diploma	16.6%	4.9%
High school graduate	33.2%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	Livonia
Drove alone	66.3%	74.9%
Carpooled	11.0%	7.2%
Public transit	6.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	16.1%
Other means	3.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit	Livonia
1-unit, detached	64.7%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	5.6%
20 or more units	13.1%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Detroit	Livonia
Poverty rate	31.5%	4.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1947	1964