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Ferndale Public Schools, MI

24,329 Population
4.6 square miles 5,246.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oakland County: 41.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$59,695 ±$2,809 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oakland County: $55,114 ±$494
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$96,792 ±$5,137 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Oakland County: $95,296 ±$1,130
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

8.8% ±2.2% (2,131  ±528) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oakland County: 7.7% 96,989 (±0.3% / ±3,645)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

24.5 minutes ±2.6 (275,910  ±19,628) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Oakland County: 26 13,809,625 (±0.1 / ±140,188)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

11,915 ±447 Number of households
  • Oakland County: 528,681 ±1,510
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2 ±0.1 (24,290  ±902) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oakland County: 2.4 1,260,088 (±0 / ±117)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

4.6% ±3.6% (327  ±258) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Oakland County: 4.6% 13,124 (±0.3% / ±910)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

12,473 ±457 Number of housing units
  • Oakland County: 557,978 ±176
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$243,000 ±$7,012 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oakland County: $320,400 ±$2,411
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

13.7% ±2.9% (3,280  ±706.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oakland County: 11.1% 140,230 (±0.4% / ±4,531.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

96.8% ±3.9% (18,654  ±980.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oakland County: 94.9% 865,050 (±0.7% / ±6,602.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
57.9% ±3.4% (11,166  ±759) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oakland County: 50.2% 457,515 (±0.5% / ±4,565.6)
  • nearly double 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

4.9% ±1.3% (1,199  ±328) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oakland County: 13.2% 167,484
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

3.8% ±1% (790  ±202) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oakland County: 4.7% 47,274 (±0.2% / ±1,498)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
790 Total veterans ±202 722 Male ±186 68 Female ±61

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