Hamtramck vs Romulus

A side-by-side comparison of Hamtramck and Romulus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hamtramck has the higher population (27,830 vs 24,951 in Romulus). Romulus has the higher median household income ($72,235 vs $40,103 in Hamtramck). Romulus has the higher median home value ($149,100 vs $116,400 in Hamtramck).

Population, income & housing

	Hamtramck	Romulus
Population	27,830	24,951
Median age	27.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,103	$72,235
Median home value	$116,400	$149,100
Median gross rent	$907	$1,050
Housing units	8,639	9,909
Homeownership rate	57.1%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamtramck	Romulus
Population	21,822 → 27,830 (+27.5%)	23,527 → 24,951 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$27,166 → $40,103 (+47.6%)	$51,504 → $72,235 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $116,400 (+67.0%)	$97,300 → $149,100 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $907 (+24.4%)	$933 → $1,050 (+12.5%)

Hamtramck

Population

21,82227,830

Median household income

$27,166$40,103

Median home value

$69,700$116,400

Median gross rent

$729$907

Romulus

Population

23,52724,951

Median household income

$51,504$72,235

Median home value

$97,300$149,100

Median gross rent

$933$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamtramck	Romulus
Under 5	8.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	25.1%	21.8%
18 to 24	12.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	9.2%
75 and over	2.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamtramck	Romulus
White (non-Hispanic)	56.5%	45.9%
Black or African American	8.2%	43.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	25.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.5%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamtramck	Romulus
No high school diploma	33.2%	11.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamtramck	Romulus
Drove alone	66.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	19.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	4.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	10.5%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamtramck	Romulus
1-unit, detached	59.0%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	24.9%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	10.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Hamtramck	Romulus
Poverty rate	38.2%	11.0%
Average household size	3.71	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1938	1972