Harper Woods vs Woodhaven

A side-by-side comparison of Harper Woods and Woodhaven: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harper Woods has the higher population (15,205 vs 12,761 in Woodhaven). Woodhaven has the higher median household income ($83,291 vs $61,446 in Harper Woods). Woodhaven has the higher median home value ($221,200 vs $143,600 in Harper Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Harper Woods	Woodhaven
Population	15,205	12,761
Median age	37.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,446	$83,291
Median home value	$143,600	$221,200
Median gross rent	$1,306	$1,015
Housing units	5,906	5,451
Homeownership rate	66.0%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harper Woods	Woodhaven
Population	13,895 → 15,205 (+9.4%)	12,518 → 12,761 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$48,418 → $61,446 (+26.9%)	$64,501 → $83,291 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $143,600 (+71.8%)	$159,800 → $221,200 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,088 → $1,306 (+20.0%)	$844 → $1,015 (+20.3%)

Harper Woods

Population

13,89515,205

Median household income

$48,418$61,446

Median home value

$83,600$143,600

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,306

Woodhaven

Population

12,51812,761

Median household income

$64,501$83,291

Median home value

$159,800$221,200

Median gross rent

$844$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harper Woods	Woodhaven
Under 5	5.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	21.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	15.0%
75 and over	4.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harper Woods	Woodhaven
White (non-Hispanic)	29.8%	78.4%
Black or African American	63.8%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harper Woods	Woodhaven
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	30.7%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harper Woods	Woodhaven
Drove alone	67.6%	78.1%
Carpooled	15.4%	9.6%
Public transit	1.8%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.2%	9.5%
Other means	4.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harper Woods	Woodhaven
1-unit, detached	87.2%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	20.4%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Harper Woods	Woodhaven
Poverty rate	19.8%	12.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1955	1979