RANKING · 2024 ACS · 179 SHOWN OF 179

Most educated, Michigan cities

Michigan cities ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (2024 ACS). This list covers the 179 cities in Michigan that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 179 is 28.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Flat Rock, MI, up 43 places to #89.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 2000

01▲3Huntington Woods, MIMI6,27483.8%+11.4 pts

02▼1East Grand Rapids, MIMI11,66379.9%+8.9 pts

03▲4Beverly Hills, MIMI10,44977.9%+15.1 pts

04▼1Ann Arbor, MIMI122,23377.9%+8.6 pts

05Grosse Pointe Farms, MIMI9,73576.9%+8.8 pts

06▼4Birmingham, MIMI21,92376.7%+9.6 pts

07▲3Grosse Pointe Park, MIMI11,09573.3%+13.8 pts

08Grosse Pointe, MIMI5,49073.1%+4.2 pts

09▼3Okemos, MIMI26,39672.7%+6.0 pts

10▲1Forest Hills, MIMI28,69570.9%+16.7 pts

11▲4Rochester, MIMI12,82470.0%+18.0 pts

12▲13Houghton, MIMI8,56068.6%+23.1 pts

13▼1Northville, MIMI6,01367.8%+13.9 pts

14▼5East Lansing, MIMI49,35566.6%−3.8 pts

15▼2Grosse Pointe Woods, MIMI15,79265.1%+13.9 pts

16▼2Troy, MIMI88,73364.8%+14.8 pts

17Plymouth, MIMI9,16464.4%+23.8 pts

18▼2Royal Oak, MIMI57,58364.1%+24.2 pts

19▼1Novi, MIMI67,31964.1%+15.0 pts

20Farmington, MIMI11,40962.4%+14.4 pts

21▼2Rochester Hills, MIMI77,53961.4%+14.1 pts

22▲1Saline, MIMI9,00159.2%+18.8 pts

23▲1Berkley, MIMI15,14558.8%+23.2 pts

24▲2Ferndale, MIMI19,21257.9%+31.5 pts

25▼3Farmington Hills, MIMI83,29157.6%+9.7 pts

26▼5Haslett, MIMI18,55957.1%+9.6 pts

27▲1St. Joseph, MIMI7,89355.3%+23.0 pts

28▲9Rockford, MIMI6,31354.2%+26.3 pts

29▲12Petoskey, MIMI5,77253.4%+22.4 pts

30▲8Frankenmuth, MIMI5,19752.3%+20.5 pts

31▼2Chelsea, MIMI5,42451.8%+11.2 pts

32▼5Westwood, MIMI8,86751.0%+9.0 pts

33▼2Milford, MIMI6,52049.6%+19.4 pts

34Auburn Hills, MIMI25,92549.6%+16.8 pts

35▲12Brighton, MIMI7,90448.6%+17.6 pts

36▼4Marquette, MIMI21,94448.0%+13.8 pts

37▼7Lake Fenton, MIMI6,41748.0%+10.5 pts

38▼2Portage, MIMI49,86247.9%+11.1 pts

39▼6Traverse City, MIMI15,83247.4%+16.2 pts

40▼5South Lyon, MIMI12,10747.2%+15.8 pts

41▲3Ypsilanti, MIMI19,76646.9%+11.5 pts

42▼3Wixom, MIMI17,31346.8%+8.7 pts

43▲5Clawson, MIMI11,31245.8%+19.7 pts

44▼2Midland, MIMI42,80644.6%+2.7 pts

45▲1Waverly, MIMI23,57544.1%+9.8 pts

46▼6Grand Blanc, MIMI7,88043.7%+2.9 pts

47▼4Byron Center, MIMI7,40343.1%+7.9 pts

48▼3Mount Pleasant, MIMI20,92542.9%+2.5 pts

49▲5Allendale, MIMI26,67942.6%+25.0 pts

50Marshall, MIMI6,80042.1%+12.3 pts

51▲2Livonia, MIMI92,60341.9%+12.2 pts

52Grand Rapids, MIMI201,18341.6%+17.8 pts

53▼4Holt, MIMI25,31640.7%+16.6 pts

54▼3Southfield, MIMI76,11140.7%+4.0 pts

55▲4Grandville, MIMI17,01840.6%+18.5 pts

56▲24Fenton, MIMI11,77439.2%+16.9 pts

57▲9Whitmore Lake, MIMI7,87838.9%+13.3 pts

58▲3Northview, MIMI15,26838.7%+12.9 pts

59▲10Walker, MIMI25,88138.6%+16.6 pts

60▼3Kalamazoo, MIMI72,68338.5%+5.7 pts

61▼5Comstock Northwest, MIMI5,39138.1%+14.3 pts

62▲14Grand Ledge, MIMI7,85337.4%+12.7 pts

63▲1Milan, MIMI5,97337.3%+17.3 pts

64▼1Oak Park, MIMI29,07237.1%+9.9 pts

65▼3Kentwood, MIMI54,77636.7%+5.3 pts

66▼8Grand Haven, MIMI11,03836.7%+9.8 pts

67Mason, MIMI8,26436.6%+10.3 pts

68▼13Hudsonville, MIMI7,96436.1%+14.6 pts

69▼1Holland, MIMI35,37235.8%+8.9 pts

70▲25Jenison, MIMI17,58235.1%+11.6 pts

71▼6Dearborn, MIMI105,61134.6%+8.3 pts

72▲12Freeland, MIMI7,55734.5%+11.2 pts

73▲9Dundee, MIMI6,00834.4%+16.9 pts

74▲7Madison Heights, MIMI28,29733.9%+15.4 pts

75▼3Norton Shores, MIMI25,08833.3%+9.2 pts

76▼5Walled Lake, MIMI7,32032.6%+7.1 pts

77▲6Utica, MIMI5,11432.0%+13.7 pts

78▼1Temperance, MIMI8,91431.3%+10.0 pts

79▲15Howell, MIMI9,89631.2%+7.6 pts

80▼7Sterling Heights, MIMI133,93131.1%+8.2 pts

81▼3Allen Park, MIMI27,44531.0%+11.4 pts

82▲4Shields, MIMI7,40230.8%+11.0 pts

83▲8New Baltimore, MIMI12,12330.5%+7.7 pts

84▼14Flushing, MIMI8,17530.3%+2.2 pts

85▲4Lansing, MIMI113,88430.2%+9.1 pts

86▼26Lambertville, MIMI9,95530.2%+6.2 pts

87▲1St. Clair Shores, MIMI57,87229.7%+11.6 pts

88▼13Zeeland, MIMI5,63729.6%+7.6 pts

89▲43Flat Rock, MIMI10,21829.5%+17.4 pts

90▲24Ludington, MIMI7,63428.9%+10.8 pts

91▲11Kingsford, MIMI5,09628.4%+9.7 pts

92▲19Alma, MIMI9,30428.0%+7.7 pts

93▲7Trenton, MIMI17,84927.5%+7.5 pts

94▲2St. Clair, MIMI5,83327.4%+6.6 pts

95▲6Woodhaven, MIMI12,50327.0%+6.9 pts

96▲40Hazel Park, MIMI14,93727.0%+19.0 pts

97▲1Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI13,08327.0%+10.1 pts

98▼13Ishpeming, MIMI6,20527.0%+10.2 pts

99▼25Big Rapids, MIMI8,62326.9%−4.9 pts

100▲3St. Johns, MIMI7,78026.5%+6.5 pts

101▼22Hillsdale, MIMI8,00226.2%+10.2 pts

102▼9Harper Woods, MIMI14,86026.1%−1.8 pts

103▲2Comstock Park, MIMI10,57726.0%+6.5 pts

104▼14Tecumseh, MIMI8,60825.6%+4.4 pts

105▲5Wyoming, MIMI78,58825.5%+8.5 pts

106▼7Hastings, MIMI7,49025.3%+6.2 pts

107▲22Richmond, MIMI5,92725.1%+11.3 pts

108▼2Marysville, MIMI9,86824.6%+5.3 pts

109▼17Davison, MIMI5,03924.1%+1.9 pts

110▲6Cutlerville, MIMI18,78024.0%+10.5 pts

111▲23Fair Plain, MIMI7,33023.8%+5.8 pts

112▼8Dearborn Heights, MIMI60,66423.8%+7.1 pts

113▼5Manistee, MIMI6,15723.1%+5.6 pts

114▼5Westland, MIMI82,33323.0%+6.9 pts

115▼18Iron Mountain, MIMI7,46922.8%+4.3 pts

116▲10Wyandotte, MIMI24,07222.7%+10.0 pts

117▼10Fraser, MIMI14,49622.7%+8.2 pts

118▼31New Haven, MIMI6,74922.7%+16.6 pts

119▲2Cadillac, MIMI10,43822.1%+4.6 pts

120▲10Swartz Creek, MIMI5,82722.0%+6.3 pts

121▲4Adrian, MIMI20,19121.9%+1.7 pts

122▼7Battle Creek, MIMI52,02121.9%+4.6 pts

123▼3Holly, MIMI5,90621.6%+9.7 pts

124▼7Southgate, MIMI28,93121.5%+8.8 pts

125▼12Riverview, MIMI11,94721.3%+3.7 pts

126▲21Owosso, MIMI14,43721.1%+8.8 pts

127▼3Warren, MIMI137,13821.0%+8.0 pts

128▼16Eastwood, MIMI6,66920.6%+6.3 pts

129▲14Gladstone, MIMI5,18920.5%−0.8 pts

130▼12Monroe, MIMI20,07619.9%+3.1 pts

131▼4Escanaba, MIMI12,25719.8%+0.3 pts

132▼10Greenville, MIMI9,25619.7%+6.9 pts

133▲7Bay City, MIMI31,86818.8%+6.0 pts

134▼6Menominee, MIMI8,17518.7%+5.5 pts

135▲10Charlotte, MIMI9,30518.2%−0.4 pts

136▼3Port Huron, MIMI28,27318.1%+6.8 pts

137▲2Detroit, MIMI649,09518.1%+7.1 pts

138▲10Mount Clemens, MIMI15,41918.0%+4.5 pts

139▲11Allegan, MIMI5,12717.9%+3.5 pts

140▲13Hamtramck, MIMI27,26117.8%+6.3 pts

141▲8Wayne, MIMI17,06517.5%+5.5 pts

142▼23Albion, MIMI7,47417.5%+2.0 pts

143▼8Highland Park, MIMI8,24817.3%+11.3 pts

144▲14South Monroe, MIMI6,96017.1%+3.5 pts

145▲16Niles, MIMI11,66517.0%+2.7 pts

146▲9Belding, MIMI6,00016.8%+8.0 pts

147▼6Burton, MIMI29,31316.8%+5.6 pts

148▲3Center Line, MIMI8,50316.7%+10.6 pts

149▲13Lapeer, MIMI9,20116.5%+7.7 pts

150▲6Taylor, MIMI61,27916.4%+9.4 pts

151▼28Romulus, MIMI24,54716.2%+8.1 pts

152▼21Alpena, MIMI10,08816.2%+1.7 pts

153▼11Jackson, MIMI31,02216.1%+3.1 pts

154▲3Pontiac, MIMI62,07716.1%+5.8 pts

155▲15Sturgis, MIMI10,90015.7%+2.0 pts

156▼4Roseville, MIMI46,86315.5%+8.3 pts

157▲2Muskegon, MIMI37,22415.5%+6.7 pts

158▼12Houghton Lake, MIMI5,76915.2%+7.6 pts

159▼22Eastpointe, MIMI33,81415.2%+3.9 pts

160▼22Eaton Rapids, MIMI5,21815.1%−1.2 pts

161▼7Garden City, MIMI26,28015.1%+6.0 pts

162▲2Flint, MIMI79,30614.2%+2.9 pts

163▼19Three Rivers, MIMI7,91014.2%+4.5 pts

164▼1Melvindale, MIMI12,32514.0%+8.1 pts

165▲1Coldwater, MIMI14,21613.9%+2.8 pts

166▼6Saginaw, MIMI42,86313.3%+2.8 pts

167▲6Inkster, MIMI24,95913.1%+1.0 pts

168▲3Dowagiac, MIMI5,72512.4%+0.4 pts

169Springfield, MIMI5,24611.9%+3.3 pts

170▼3Lincoln Park, MIMI38,52911.5%+4.6 pts

171▲8Buena Vista, MIMI5,79811.1%+3.5 pts

172▼4Ionia, MIMI12,20810.0%+0.9 pts

173▼8Bridgeport, MIMI6,8849.7%−1.5 pts

174▲2Muskegon Heights, MIMI9,7708.6%+4.1 pts

175▼3Ecorse, MIMI8,8938.4%+3.7 pts

176▲1Benton Harbor, MIMI8,8037.4%+3.2 pts

177▼2River Rouge, MIMI6,8146.6%+1.1 pts

178▼4St. Louis, MIMI7,4066.4%−6.5 pts

179▼1Beecher, MIMI8,4125.2%+1.3 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES