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Ferndale, MI

19,264 Population
3.9 square miles 4,968.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$54,690 ±$3,566 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $40,536 ±$210
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $37,929 ±$155
$86,120 ±$3,428 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $72,456 ±$447
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $68,505 ±$307

8.4% ±2.2% (1,625  ±419) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 13.3% 575,337 (±0.2% / ±9,533)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,293,164 (±0.1% / ±13,321)

26.1 minutes ±1 (276,445  ±19,331) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 26.5 47,319,656 (±0.1 / ±294,114)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.5 101,384,610 (±0.1 / ±438,980)

Families

10,234 ±287 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,742,543 ±3,507
  • Michigan: 4,009,253 ±7,688
1.9 ±0.1 (19,211  ±29) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.5 4,330,305 (±0 / ±214)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,840,766

4.6% ±3.9% (286  ±239) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.3% 53,272 (±0.2% / ±1,991)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 116,868 (±0.1% / ±2,789)

Housing

10,865 ±282 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,905,259 ±423
  • Michigan: 4,580,447 ±658

$218,000 ±$6,979 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $223,800 ±$1,081
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $201,100 ±$796

15.1% ±3% (2,869  ±,569.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.7% 460,792 (±0.2% / ±8,215.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 12.2% 1,212,435 (±0.1% / ±12,907.9)

Social

96.2% ±5.6% (15,468  ±,959.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 91.1% 2,779,454 (±0.4% / ±11,678.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.8% 6,366,037 (±0.3% / ±17,580.6)
53.1% ±4.3% (8,533  ±,708.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 33.5% 1,023,523 (±0.2% / ±6,664.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 31.1% 2,160,351 (±0.1% / ±10,020.5)

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

5.3% ±1.5% (1,017  ±289) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.2% 444,670
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 694,860

3.6% ±0.7% (630  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.4% 186,031 (±0.1% / ±2,606)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 6.3% 498,788 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
630 Total veterans ±126 583 Male ±122 47 Female ±51

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