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Southfield, MI

76,885 Population
26.3 square miles 2,927.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,747 ±$4,237 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $43,509 ±$608
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $40,990 ±$308
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,815 ±$6,707 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $76,403 ±$998
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,389 ±$567
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.9% ±2.6% (7,391  ±1,968) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 14.1% 616,000 (±0.5% / ±20,938)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,334,859 (±0.3% / ±27,543)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.7 minutes ±0.9 (703,995  ±42,313) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 26 44,472,824 (±0 / ±250,895)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

34,277 ±2,494 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,777,768 ±7,041
  • Michigan: 4,131,281 ±12,742
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.2 (75,132  ±66) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.5 4,357,599 (±0 / ±381)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,921,923
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.3% ±1.7% (373  ±280) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5% 49,974 (±0.4% / ±4,259)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 4.9% 112,620 (±0.3% / ±5,715)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

39,273 ±2,697 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,947,704 ±340
  • Michigan: 4,669,109 ±1,252
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$248,800 ±$17,697 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $271,600 ±$2,503
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $254,200 ±$1,616
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.1% ±6% (11,525  ±4,545.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 9.9% 431,277 (±0.5% / ±21,623.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 10.8% 1,081,686 (±0.3% / ±30,683.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.4% ±6.3% (56,314  ±4,491.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 91.4% 2,847,401 (±0.9% / ±27,520.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.2% 6,551,317 (±0.6% / ±39,951.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.2% ±4.6% (25,223  ±2,939.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 35.6% 1,108,005 (±0.5% / ±16,311.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 33.3% 2,366,945 (±0.3% / ±23,456.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

4.9% ±1.7% (3,776  ±1,308) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 11.5% 508,039
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 7.7% 778,787
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.2% ±1.1% (2,022  ±708) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 4.5% 156,313 (±0.2% / ±6,158)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.4% 435,461 (±0.1% / ±8,995)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,022 Total veterans ±708 1,770 Male ±643 252 Female ±222

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