Oakland County, Michigan

1,279,825 people. The median home is worth $343,600 (typical Michigan town: $193,900) and the median household earns $97,760.

Towns in Oakland County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Troy	87,294	$420,300	$120,045	42.0
Farmington Hills	83,986	$354,500	$104,836	42.6
Southfield	76,618	$236,200	$68,166	42.3
Rochester Hills	76,300	$409,800	$120,694	41.0
Waterford	70,565	$250,900	$77,101	42.9
Novi	66,243	$421,900	$110,723	40.0
West Bloomfield	65,888	$426,200	$125,453	46.1
Pontiac	61,606	$121,700	$44,329	36.5
Royal Oak	58,211	$328,700	$101,109	36.9
Bloomfield	44,253	$604,800	$162,788	48.1
Commerce	43,058	$365,700	$113,148	42.2
Orion	38,206	$369,900	$118,801	41.9
Independence	36,686	$381,700	$114,699	41.3
White Lake	30,950	$327,000	$94,985	43.8
Oak Park	29,560	$212,300	$71,510	38.1
Madison Heights	28,468	$199,100	$69,503	39.0
Auburn Hills	24,360	$245,000	$84,375	36.5
Lyon	23,271	$473,300	$146,354	38.0
Oxford	22,419	$369,700	$114,076	39.8
Birmingham	21,813	$698,300	$153,510	41.8
Oakland	20,067	$588,900	$166,538	42.9
Ferndale	19,190	$247,700	$94,640	37.3
Highland	19,172	$330,800	$96,574	43.6
Wixom	17,193	$365,200	$65,485	35.5
Milford	17,090	$425,400	$109,657	42.5
Brandon	15,384	$331,000	$93,523	44.4
Berkley	15,194	$316,700	$116,239	37.8
Hazel Park	14,983	$158,600	$67,073	37.5
Southfield	14,886	$544,100	$184,531	48.5
Springfield	14,703	$384,800	$110,101	42.3
Rochester	13,035	$473,200	$111,750	41.2
Holly	12,006	$240,800	$75,276	40.9
South Lyon	11,746	$294,600	$92,467	41.8
Farmington	11,597	$297,200	$97,750	39.0
Clawson	11,389	$267,100	$88,636	39.4
Beverly Hills	10,584	$511,000	$177,412	46.0
Walled Lake	7,250	$224,200	$72,055	40.4
Milford	6,520	$363,700	$105,713	41.1
Huntington Woods	6,388	$473,900	$190,150	45.7
Addison	6,256	$416,700	$110,574	46.3
Rose	6,188	$345,100	$107,262	46.6
Northville	6,119	$465,400	$145,530	47.0
Holly	5,997	$192,300	$64,305	41.2
Groveland	5,912	$342,500	$105,959	49.1
Wolverine Lake	4,544	$288,000	$92,247	41.7
Bloomfield Hills	4,460	$947,900	$189,942	48.4
Lathrup Village	4,088	$310,600	$109,893	50.2
Oxford	3,492	$347,800	$83,611	41.1
Franklin	3,139	$774,900	$194,079	49.5
Lake Orion	2,876	$376,600	$101,318	42.5
Keego Harbor	2,764	$255,900	$64,896	39.9
Pleasant Ridge	2,627	$448,700	$171,125	43.1

People and housing

	Oakland County	Typical Michigan town
Median home value	$343,600	$193,900
Median rent	$1,376	$955
Median household income	$97,760	$69,792
Median age	41.3	43.7
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	21.5%
Below the poverty line	7.7%	10.4%

Jobs and pay

723,862 jobs in 2024, average pay $77,917 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 1,054 storm events in Oakland County from 1996 to 2026, with 18 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Oakland County has been included in 15 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
February 8, 2024	Flood	DR-4757: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
July 15, 2021	Severe Storm	DR-4607: Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
March 27, 2020	Biological	DR-4494: Covid-19 Pandemic
March 13, 2020	Biological	EM-3455: Covid-19
September 25, 2014	Flood	DR-4195: Severe Storms And Flooding
September 7, 2005	Hurricane	EM-3225: Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).