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Harper Woods, MI

15,116 Population
2.6 square miles 5,748.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,520 ±$2,830 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $43,384 ±$233
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$65,022 ±$8,141 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $76,664 ±$554
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

19.8% ±7.3% (2,963  ±1,093) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 13.6% 589,816 (±0.2% / ±10,497)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

26.4 minutes ±2.6 (148,825  ±22,221) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 26 44,472,824 (±0 / ±250,895)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

5,595 ±372 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,768,816 ±3,294
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2.7 ±0.2 (14,956  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.5 4,333,258
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

2.4% ±2.6% (93  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.4% 53,174 (±0.2% / ±1,960)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

5,961 ±404 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,926,157 ±451
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$157,200 ±$7,124 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $249,700 ±$1,124
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

12.5% ±3.5% (1,884  ±521) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10% 431,361 (±0.2% / ±7,266.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

91.8% ±4.6% (8,968  ±793.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 91.3% 2,810,488 (±0.4% / ±12,788.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
26.1% ±4.3% (2,553  ±461.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 34.8% 1,070,366 (±0.3% / ±7,706.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)

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

2.9% ±2.2% (432  ±326) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.7% 467,634
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

4.1% ±1.3% (440  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5% 169,530 (±0.1% / ±2,656)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
440 Total veterans ±143 384 Male ±125 56 Female ±52

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