The Detroit–Warren–Dearborn metro has 4.4M residents (per 2024 ACS 5-year Estimates ), a 2024 median household income of $77K, median home value of $250K, median age of 40, and a 35% bachelor's-degree share among adults 25 and older. The analysis below clusters neighborhoods within the metro's urbanized areas, covering 3.6M of those 4.4M residents. The northern Oakland County suburbs lead on home values, incomes, and education together, while the city of Detroit's core sits at the bottom on all three.
Median home value
The highest values sit in the northern suburbs of Oakland County. The area west of Bloomfield Hills tops the metro at $740K, with the metro's most expensive area, nearby around Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham, at $723K. The area east of Birmingham follows at $638K, west Novi at $583K, and the area west of Troy at $541K. At the bottom, the lowest values are inside the city of Detroit: two north Detroit clusters and a west Detroit cluster at $59K, the area west of Detroit at $60K, and another north Detroit cluster at $61K. The ≥$400K tier is confined to the northern Oakland County suburbs; the under-$100K tier covers the city core, where decades of population loss and tax-base collapse drove the city into the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
Median household income
West Novi tops the metro at $197K, followed by the most expensive area near Bloomfield Hills at $189K, the area west of Bloomfield Hills at $180K, and the area west of Troy at $166K. The lowest incomes are in the city: the area west of Detroit at $28K, the area north of Detroit at $30K, and a north Detroit cluster at $35K. The ≥$120K tier follows the same northern and western Oakland County suburbs that hold the highest home values; the under-$40K tier sits squarely on the Detroit core.
Median age
The oldest neighborhoods are the established western suburbs. The area west of Livonia tops the metro at 52, with the area west of Brighton on the far western edge at 51, west Livonia at 50, and the area west of Orchard Lake Village at 50. The youngest neighborhoods are in the city and just beyond it: the area west of Detroit at 28, north of Detroit at 29, north of Dearborn at 30, and south Detroit at 33. Most of the metro sits in the 38–46 range; the youngest tier concentrates on the urban core.
Adults with a bachelor's degree
Education peaks in the same northern Oakland County suburbs that hold the wealth. The area west of Bloomfield Hills leads at 80%, with the metro's most-educated cluster near Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham at 79% — communities built around executive wealth and private schools such as Cranbrook. The area east of Birmingham follows at 77%, west of Troy at 76%, and west Novi at 74%. The lowest shares are in the Detroit core: a north Detroit cluster and the area south of Detroit at 8%, another north Detroit cluster at 9%, and the area west of Detroit at 10%. The ≥60% tier traces the northern and western Oakland County suburbs; the under-20% tier covers the city.
Where the metrics overlap
The northern Oakland County suburbs — the area west of Bloomfield Hills and the most expensive area near Birmingham above all — sit at the top of home value, income, and education at once. The city of Detroit's core sits at the bottom of all three simultaneously: the area west of Detroit bottoms home value at $60K, income at $28K, and pairs them with a young median age of 28 and a 10% bachelor's share. Age cuts across the wealth gradient: the metro's oldest neighborhoods are the built-out western suburbs around Livonia, while its youngest are the city core and the area north of Dearborn, not the affluent northern suburbs.
Key Takeaways
- Across the metro, the median home value is $250K, median household income is $77K, median age is 40, and the bachelor's-degree share is 35%.
- The area west of Bloomfield Hills tops both home value at $740K and education at 80%.
- West Novi tops income at $197K.
- The city of Detroit's core sits at the bottom of home value ($59K), income ($28K), and education (8%) together.
- The oldest neighborhoods reach a median age of 52 west of Livonia; the youngest fall to 28 west of Detroit.
- The northern Oakland County suburbs around Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham hold the metro's highest home values, incomes, and bachelor's shares at once.