Grosse Pointe Farms vs Highland Park

A side-by-side comparison of Grosse Pointe Farms and Highland Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Grosse Pointe Farms and Highland Park are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grosse Pointe Farms has the higher population (9,957 vs 8,798 in Highland Park). Grosse Pointe Farms has the higher median household income ($160,589 vs $27,582 in Highland Park). Grosse Pointe Farms has the higher median home value ($418,600 vs $75,800 in Highland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Highland Park
Population	9,957	8,798
Median age	51.0 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$160,589	$27,582
Median home value	$418,600	$75,800
Median gross rent	$1,500	$691
Housing units	4,289	5,693
Homeownership rate	95.8%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.9%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	17.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Highland Park
Population	9,168 → 9,957 (+8.6%)	10,867 → 8,798 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$143,711 → $160,589 (+11.7%)	$18,474 → $27,582 (+49.3%)
Median home value	$355,400 → $418,600 (+17.8%)	$45,700 → $75,800 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,418 → $1,500 (+5.8%)	$596 → $691 (+15.9%)

Grosse Pointe Farms

Population

9,1689,957

Median household income

$143,711$160,589

Median home value

$355,400$418,600

Median gross rent

$1,418$1,500

Highland Park

Population

10,8678,798

Median household income

$18,474$27,582

Median home value

$45,700$75,800

Median gross rent

$596$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Highland Park
Under 5	6.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	5.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	20.4%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.4%
75 and over	11.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Highland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	9.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	85.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Highland Park
No high school diploma	1.8%	16.0%
High school graduate	5.5%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	42.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Highland Park
Drove alone	71.1%	64.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.2%	12.3%
Walked	1.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	22.4%	9.0%
Other means	0.5%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Highland Park
1-unit, detached	96.3%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	21.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Highland Park
Poverty rate	2.6%	41.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1947	1948