Highland Park vs Northville

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

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

Highland Park has the higher population (8,798 vs 6,080 in Northville). Northville has the higher median household income ($143,875 vs $27,582 in Highland Park). Northville has the higher median home value ($455,100 vs $75,800 in Highland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Park	Northville
Population	8,798	6,080
Median age	45.1 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$27,582	$143,875
Median home value	$75,800	$455,100
Median gross rent	$691	$1,443
Housing units	5,693	2,766
Homeownership rate	45.4%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	67.4%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Park	Northville
Population	10,867 → 8,798 (-19.0%)	6,007 → 6,080 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$18,474 → $27,582 (+49.3%)	$114,346 → $143,875 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$45,700 → $75,800 (+65.9%)	$331,400 → $455,100 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $691 (+15.9%)	$1,101 → $1,443 (+31.1%)

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

Northville

Population

6,0076,080

Median household income

$114,346$143,875

Median home value

$331,400$455,100

Median gross rent

$1,101$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Park	Northville
Under 5	4.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.9%	19.8%
65 to 74	13.4%	10.0%
75 and over	9.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Park	Northville
White (non-Hispanic)	9.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	85.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Park	Northville
No high school diploma	16.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	30.9%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	30.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Park	Northville
Drove alone	64.4%	58.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	2.1%
Public transit	12.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	34.8%
Other means	3.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Park	Northville
1-unit, detached	52.8%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	3.4%
20 or more units	21.1%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland Park	Northville
Poverty rate	41.2%	3.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1948	1970