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Harper Woods city, Wayne County, MI

15,205 Population
2.6 square miles 5,782.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±4.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,669 ±$3,190 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $33,956 ±$277
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$61,446 ±$5,908 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wayne County: $59,521 ±$559
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

19.8% ±7.8% (2,970  ±1,177) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 20.1% 353,134 (±0.4% / ±7,273)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

26.9 minutes ±3.8 (163,700  ±30,117) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 25 16,213,625 (±0.2 / ±164,883)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

5,586 ±408 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 693,446 ±1,934
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.7 ±0.2 (15,040  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wayne County: 2.5 1,753,936 (±0 / ±264)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

2.6% ±2.5% (109  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Wayne County: 5.8% 24,068 (±0.3% / ±1,350)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

5,906 ±407 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 796,119 ±208
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$143,600 ±$7,436 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $170,200 ±$1,410
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

12.2% ±3.2% (1,841  ±491.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 10.3% 179,607 (±0.3% / ±5,201.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

93.4% ±4.2% (9,333  ±778.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 87.9% 1,058,716 (±0.6% / ±7,674.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
25% ±3.9% (2,497  ±426.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 26.9% 323,849 (±0.4% / ±4,203.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.5% ±2% (375  ±300) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wayne County: 9.7% 172,344
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

3.5% ±1.1% (390  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 5.1% 68,659 (±0.2% / ±1,996)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
390 Total veterans ±126 366 Male ±121 24 Female ±34

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