City safety & data profile

BirminghamMI

Birmingham, MI is a 21K-resident city in Oakland County with a median household income of $153,510.

Oakland County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Birmingham, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Birmingham has a population larger than 46% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $698,300.

Data updated 2026-09-03

21K
Population (place)
Bottom 47%
By size
$153,510
Median income (place)
$698,300
Median home (place)
5.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Birmingham

Birmingham posts a median household income higher than 93% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 7%
by median income, US cities

Where Birmingham income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$153,510 Top 7% higher than 93% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Birmingham $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MI

Population among 105 MI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Detroit is the largest MI city on this list; Beverly Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MI

Median household income among the same 105-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Beverly Hills posts the highest place-level median income in MI; Detroit is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Birmingham, MI beyond the headline numbers

Birmingham sits inside Oakland County, Michigan, at roughly 42.55°N, -83.21°W. Population 20,857, $153,510 median household income. Median home value $698,300, median rent $1,902. Poverty rate 5.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 5.1% of Birmingham, MI residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Birmingham runs about 4.5 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

26.3% of Birmingham workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 27.4% in Birmingham, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Birmingham workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 41.8 years, Birmingham's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Birmingham from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
20,857
Birmingham · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$153,510
+72% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$698,300
+69% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Oakland County): Birmingham's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.3M+5%
Median Income
$97,760+49%
Median Home Value
$343,600+102%
Poverty Rate
7.7%-25%
Unemployment
4.8%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Birmingham, MI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,902/mo
Poverty Rate
5.1% -59% vs avg
Unemployment 4.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 76.7%
Work From Home 26.3%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 84.5%
African American 2.8%
Asian 5%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
31%
Obesity
28.2%
Short Sleep Duration
27.4%
Binge Drinking
16.8%
Physical Inactivity
13.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
12.7%
Current Asthma
10.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.3%
Diabetes
7.9%
Current Smoking
7.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 80.8%
Annual Checkup 81.9%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
5.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
3.2%
Stroke
2.3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Birmingham?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Birmingham right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MI-BIRMINGHAM-MI · Birmingham

Birmingham: 6 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-LIGHT 6 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% uk-floods
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Detroit

Tagged alert mix: Birmingham

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 6 tagged notices on record for Birmingham.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Detroit, MI (6 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Birmingham; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Michigan state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (6 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Detroit, MI 6 alerts Suffolk, VA 6 alerts Juneau, AK 6 alerts Dallas, TX 7 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Birmingham, MI? ▼
Birmingham, MI has a population of 20,857 people, located in Oakland County, Michigan.
What is the median household income in Birmingham? ▼
The median household income in Birmingham, MI is $153,510 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5.1%.
What is the median home value in Birmingham? ▼
The median home value in Birmingham, MI is $698,300. Median rent is $1,902/month.
What are the top health concerns in Birmingham? ▼
The top health indicators in Birmingham include High Blood Pressure (31%), Obesity (28.2%), Short Sleep Duration (27.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Birmingham? ▼
The median age in Birmingham, MI is 41.8 years. 76.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Birmingham, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (5.1% here).

Hoover, AL 5.1% Bartlett, TN 5.1% Aliso Viejo, CA 5.1% Ilchester, MD 5.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($153,510 here).

San Mateo, CA $153,504 Bothell West, WA $153,449 Woodcrest, CA $153,731 Cherry Creek, CO $153,776

Compare Birmingham with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Beverly Hills, MI 10K Berkley, MI 15K Clawson, MI 12K Southfield, MI 73K Troy, MI 83K Royal Oak, MI 59K Oak Park, MI 30K Ferndale, MI 20K
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Using Birmingham's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Birmingham area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Birmingham against Michigan peers on any ranking lens. Explore Michigan

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Oakland County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.