Detroit vs Westland

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

Detroit and Westland 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 84,155 in Westland). Westland has the higher median household income ($62,216 vs $39,575 in Detroit). Westland has the higher median home value ($176,500 vs $76,800 in Detroit).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	Westland
Population	636,644	84,155
Median age	35.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,575	$62,216
Median home value	$76,800	$176,500
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,113
Housing units	326,065	38,097
Homeownership rate	49.7%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	Westland
Population	674,841 → 636,644 (-5.7%)	81,938 → 84,155 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$30,894 → $39,575 (+28.1%)	$50,710 → $62,216 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$49,200 → $76,800 (+56.1%)	$121,100 → $176,500 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,034 (+25.5%)	$894 → $1,113 (+24.5%)

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

Westland

Population

81,93884,155

Median household income

$50,710$62,216

Median home value

$121,100$176,500

Median gross rent

$894$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit	Westland
Under 5	6.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.7%	16.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.7%
75 and over	5.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	Westland
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	62.1%
Black or African American	76.4%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	Westland
No high school diploma	16.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	33.2%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	Westland
Drove alone	66.3%	79.6%
Carpooled	11.0%	7.7%
Public transit	6.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	9.4%
Other means	3.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit	Westland
1-unit, detached	64.7%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	17.3%
20 or more units	13.1%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Detroit	Westland
Poverty rate	31.5%	13.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1947	1969