Highland Park vs Plymouth

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (9,234 vs 8,798 in Highland Park). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($111,742 vs $27,582 in Highland Park). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($418,200 vs $75,800 in Highland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Park	Plymouth
Population	8,798	9,234
Median age	45.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$27,582	$111,742
Median home value	$75,800	$418,200
Median gross rent	$691	$1,118
Housing units	5,693	4,333
Homeownership rate	45.4%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	63.2%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Park	Plymouth
Population	10,867 → 8,798 (-19.0%)	9,124 → 9,234 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$18,474 → $27,582 (+49.3%)	$83,073 → $111,742 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$45,700 → $75,800 (+65.9%)	$309,300 → $418,200 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $691 (+15.9%)	$871 → $1,118 (+28.4%)

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

Plymouth

Population

9,1249,234

Median household income

$83,073$111,742

Median home value

$309,300$418,200

Median gross rent

$871$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Park	Plymouth
Under 5	4.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.9%
55 to 64	16.9%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.4%	9.3%
75 and over	9.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Park	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	9.2%	89.5%
Black or African American	85.8%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Park	Plymouth
No high school diploma	16.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Park	Plymouth
Drove alone	64.4%	67.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	2.7%
Public transit	12.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.0%	23.4%
Other means	3.2%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Park	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	52.8%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	13.5%
20 or more units	21.1%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland Park	Plymouth
Poverty rate	41.2%	3.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1948	1960