Harper Woods is a city of 15,116 people in Michigan. Density works out to 5,750 people per square mile. Median home value sits at $157,200. The foreign-born share is 3%. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 19.8%, above the 12.5% national rate.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $65,022, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 37.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 19%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Harper Woods
What changed most since 1990
Black share0.9% → 62.4%(+61.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
White share97.2% → 29.2%(−68.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate4.4% → 19.8%(+15.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23.6%(104)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)11.6%(51)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era46.6%(205)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.1%(5)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 440 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Harper Woods, decade by decade
Harper Woods population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
14,903
$79,437
$158,405
17.2%
6.9
2000
14,254
$85,197
$194,553
28.0%
33.5
2010
14,236
$64,495
$159,250
26.9%
69.8
2020
15,492
$61,472
$123,264
26.0%
61.2
2024
15,116
$65,022
$157,200
26.1%
65.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
