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Oakland County

Michigan · 1,288,337 residents (2025 est.) · 867 sq mi
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The short version

Oakland County is home to 1,279,825 people in Michigan. Few US counties rank higher on income. This is an unusually credentialed place: 51% of adults have a four-year degree. Households here earn about 34% more than in Michigan as a whole. 73% of homes are owner-occupied. There are 1,475 people per square mile.

At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $97,760, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
51% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Oakland County

What changed most since 1990

  • Hispanic share1.7% → 5.0% (+3.4 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
  • Adults with a bachelor's degree30.2% → 51.0% (+20.9 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
  • Black share7.1% → 12.7% (+5.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts

Among the 83 counties in Michigan

  • 3rd in household income$97,760
  • 3rd in share with a bachelor's degree51.0%
  • 4th in home value$343,600
  • 4th in diversity score63.2
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
1,279,825
+7%since 2000
from 1,194,156 in 2000
1,288,337 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
1,475 / sq mi
+7%since 2000
from 1,377 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
41.3
+13%since 2000
from 36.7 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
867 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
1.1M1.1M1.2M1.2M1.3M19902000201020202024Oakland County
20241.3M
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 55.1%(65,609)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 95.6%(71,721)
US avg: 6%
10 to 145.8%(73,764)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 195.9%(75,359)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 245.7%(73,104)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3413.6%(173,609)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4412.9%(165,716)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5413.1%(167,569)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6413.9%(178,318)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 7410.9%(140,138)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 845.3%(67,506)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over2.1%(27,412)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$97,760
−13%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $61,907 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$56,696
+74%since 2000
from $32,534 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
61.5%
+16.4 ptssince 2009
from 45.1% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
7.7%
+2.2 ptssince 2000
from 5.5% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.467
+2%since 2010
from 0.458 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Retail trade19.6%
US avg: 9.9%
Information9.7%
US avg: 10.8%
Other services8.2%
US avg: 6.7%
Public administration6.4%
US avg: 4.8%
Wholesale trade4.9%
US avg: 6.9%
Finance & insurance3.4%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical2.9%
US avg: 5.1%
Transportation & warehousing1.9%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.5%
US avg: 1.9%
Education & health services0.5%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.3%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.3%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$343,600
+9%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $173,800 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,376
+7%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $707 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
72.7%
−2.1 ptssince 2000
from 74.7% in 2000
27.3% rent
Vacancy rate
5.5%
−3.0 ptssince 2009
from 8.5% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.39 people
−4%since 2009
from 2.48 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
19.3%
−11.2 ptssince 2009
from 30.5% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
42.2%
−1.5 ptssince 2009
from 43.7% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
3.5
+10%since 2009
from 3.2 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
55
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic81.4%(971,752)
Black10%(119,708)
Hispanic / Latino2.4%(28,999)
Asian4.1%(49,212)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic68.2%(873,178)
Black12.7%(162,467)
Hispanic / Latino5%(64,409)
Asian8.5%(109,425)
Other5.5%(70,346)
Diversity Score
63
+35%since 2009
from 47 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
41
−10%since 2020
from 45 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican3%(37,890)
Puerto Rican0.6%(7,141)
South American0.4%(4,660)
Central American0.3%(3,666)
Salvadoran0.1%(1,649)
Colombian0.1%(1,413)
Spaniard0.1%(1,357)
Cuban0.1%(1,343)
Venezuelan0.1%(891)
Dominican0.1%(859)
Honduran0.1%(821)
Argentine0.1%(806)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Peruvian0%(608)
Guatemalan0%(562)
Ecuadorian0%(392)
Nicaraguan0%(352)
Chilean0%(262)
Panamanian0%(138)
Paraguayan0%(131)
Bolivian0%(119)
Uruguayan0%(21)
Asian origin
Asian Indian4.2%(53,915)
Chinese1.4%(18,123)
Korean0.7%(9,317)
Japanese0.5%(6,734)
Filipino0.5%(6,232)
Pakistani0.4%(4,894)
Vietnamese0.2%(2,987)
Hmong0.1%(1,789)
Taiwanese0.1%(872)
Thai0.1%(818)
Laotian0%(622)
+ 9 more asian origin groups with data
Nepalese0%(570)
Sri Lankan0%(373)
Indonesian0%(187)
Cambodian0%(86)
Uzbek0%(65)
Malaysian0%(38)
Mongolian0%(26)
Kazakh0%(25)
Pacific Islander origin
Chamorro0%(335)
Samoan0%(156)
Tongan0%(3)
Fijian0%(3)
Ancestry
German15.8%(201,687)
Irish10.6%(135,151)
English10.2%(131,106)
Polish8.5%(108,352)
Italian6%(77,036)
American3.7%(47,814)
French2.8%(35,267)
Arab2.4%(31,207)
Scottish2.4%(31,133)
Russian1.3%(16,385)
Dutch1.2%(14,863)
French Canadian1.1%(13,846)
+ 50 more ancestry groups with data
Hungarian0.9%(11,073)
Swedish0.8%(10,861)
Iraqi0.8%(10,364)
Ukrainian0.8%(10,190)
Lebanese0.7%(8,924)
Scotch-Irish0.7%(8,812)
Finnish0.7%(8,588)
Greek0.7%(8,496)
Norwegian0.6%(7,726)
Romanian0.6%(7,094)
Canadian0.5%(6,300)
Belgian0.4%(5,483)
Welsh0.4%(5,291)
British0.4%(4,669)
Czech0.4%(4,558)
Armenian0.4%(4,494)
Lithuanian0.3%(4,145)
Austrian0.3%(3,778)
West Indian0.3%(3,592)
Danish0.3%(3,478)
Syrian0.3%(3,242)
Slovak0.2%(3,035)
Croatian0.2%(2,776)
Jamaican0.2%(2,210)
Macedonian0.2%(2,150)
Brazilian0.2%(2,125)
Nigerian0.2%(2,049)
Iranian0.2%(2,018)
Swiss0.1%(1,874)
Serbian0.1%(1,640)
Portuguese0.1%(1,531)
Egyptian0.1%(1,492)
Slovene0.1%(940)
Israeli0.1%(887)
Palestinian0.1%(840)
Bulgarian0.1%(743)
Australian0%(639)
Jordanian0%(621)
Latvian0%(620)
Haitian0%(585)
Turkish0%(432)
Ghanaian0%(324)
Moroccan0%(290)
Ethiopian0%(238)
Barbadian0%(136)
Guyanese0%(58)
Kenyan0%(6)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
51.0%
+12.8 ptssince 2000
from 38.2% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
95.1%
+5.8 ptssince 2000
from 89.3% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
22.2%
+7.2 ptssince 2000
from 15.0% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
25.8 min
+44%since 2000
from 17.9 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
71.3%
−15.0 ptssince 2009
from 86.3% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
5.9%
−1.5 ptssince 2009
from 7.4% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.3%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.5% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
20.2%
+16.6 ptssince 2009
from 3.7% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.1%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 1.3% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.2%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.2% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
5.3%
+0.6 ptssince 2009
from 4.7% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
4.8%
−5.1 ptssince 2011
from 9.9% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
66.3%
−1.1 ptssince 2011
from 67.4% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
76.7%
+1.6 ptssince 2020
from 75.1% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
9.9%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 10.0% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
54.5%
+9.4 ptssince 2009
from 45.2% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.4%
+0.3 ptssince 2009
from 49.1% in 2009
Female
50.6%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 50.9% in 2009
Foreign born
13.3%
+2.1 ptssince 2009
from 11.3% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
4.4%
−3.8 ptssince 2009
from 8.2% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
11.5%
+0.8 ptssince 2012
from 10.7% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
3.8%
−6.1 ptssince 2013
from 9.9% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
94.2%
+8.7 ptssince 2017
from 85.5% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
96.9%
+2.5 ptssince 2020
from 94.4% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
89.1%
+1.0 ptssince 2020
from 88.0% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
84.0%
−1.4 ptssince 2016
from 85.5% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
2.9%
+0.4 ptssince 2016
from 2.6% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married35.5%(186,318)
Married53.3%(279,273)
Widowed2.5%(13,202)
Divorced8.7%(45,528)
Women 15+
Never married30.2%(164,606)
Married49.5%(269,368)
Widowed8.1%(44,207)
Divorced12.2%(66,229)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
3.8%
−6.1 ptssince 2013
from 9.9% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
67.8%
−0.9 ptssince 2020
from 68.7% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
15.0%
−0.4 ptssince 2020
from 15.4% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
19.1%
+1.0 ptssince 2020
from 18.1% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
14.2%
+1.4 ptssince 2020
from 12.8% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
1.2%
−0.1 ptssince 2020
from 1.3% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
79.8%
−1.5 ptssince 2020
from 81.3% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
30.8%
+2.3 ptssince 2020
from 28.5% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

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)17.3%(7,754)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.2%(8,619)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.4%(16,298)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.7%(2,559)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.7%(764)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 44,825 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

Oakland County, decade by decade

Oakland County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
19901,083,592$104,180$227,76730.2%26.2
20001,194,156$112,773$316,60438.2%40.6
20101,202,362$95,507$293,90042.2%51.5
20201,274,395$98,887$306,40348.0%62.0
20241,279,825$97,760$343,60051.0%63.2

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.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Oakland County, Michigan?

Oakland County, Michigan has about 1,279,825 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Oakland County, Michigan?

The typical household in Oakland County, Michigan earns about $97,760 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Oakland County, Michigan expensive?

In Oakland County, Michigan, the median home is worth about $343,600, and the typical rent is about $1,376 a month.

How educated are people in Oakland County, Michigan?

About 51.0% of adults age 25 and over in Oakland County, Michigan hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Oakland County, Michigan?

About 7.7% of people in Oakland County, Michigan live below the federal poverty line.

Has Oakland County, Michigan grown since 1990?

Yes, Oakland County, Michigan has grown since 1990. The population has added about 196,233 residents, a change of about 18 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · UPDATED 2024

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