City safety & data profile

Harper WoodsMI

Harper Woods, MI is a 14K-resident city in Wayne County with a median household income of $65,022.

Wayne County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Harper Woods, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Harper Woods has a population larger than 22% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $157,200.

Data updated 2026-09-03

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 23%
By size
$65,022
Median income (place)
$157,200
Median home (place)
19.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Harper Woods

Harper Woods posts a median household income higher than 30% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 31%
by median income, US cities

Where Harper Woods income ranks nationally

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

$65,022 Bottom 30% higher than 30% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Harper Woods $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 Harper Woods, MI beyond the headline numbers

Harper Woods sits inside Wayne County, Michigan, at roughly 42.43°N, -82.92°W. Population 13,836, $65,022 median household income. Median home value $157,200, median rent $1,351. Poverty rate 19.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

19.8% of Harper Woods, MI residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Harper Woods runs about 2.4 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

12.6% of Harper Woods workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 13.4% in Harper Woods, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Harper Woods 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)
13,836
Harper Woods · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$65,022
-27% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$157,200
-62% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Wayne County): Harper Woods'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
1.8M-2%
Median Income
$60,539+47%
Median Home Value
$178,500+106%
Poverty Rate
20.8%-15%
Unemployment
8.7%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Harper Woods, MI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,351/mo
Poverty Rate
19.8% +60% vs avg
Unemployment 7.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 26.1%
Work From Home 12.6%
Public Transit 1.2%

Population

White 29.7%
African American 63.4%
Asian 0.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
45.2%
High Blood Pressure
42%
Obesity
40.7%
Physical Inactivity
29.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.5%
Current Smoking
17.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
15%
Diabetes
14.5%
Current Asthma
13.4%
Binge Drinking
13.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.2%
Annual Checkup 82.5%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.4%
Stroke
4.4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Harper Woods?

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

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Sheet MI-HARPER-WOODS · Harper Woods

Harper Woods: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Harper Woods, MI? ▼
Harper Woods, MI has a population of 13,836 people, located in Wayne County, Michigan.
What is the median household income in Harper Woods? ▼
The median household income in Harper Woods, MI is $65,022 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 19.8%.
What is the median home value in Harper Woods? ▼
The median home value in Harper Woods, MI is $157,200. Median rent is $1,351/month.
What are the top health concerns in Harper Woods? ▼
The top health indicators in Harper Woods include Short Sleep Duration (45.2%), High Blood Pressure (42%), Obesity (40.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Harper Woods? ▼
The median age in Harper Woods, MI is 37.1 years. 26.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (19.8% here).

Jacksonville, AR 19.8% East Moline, IL 19.8% Martinsburg, WV 19.8% Lake City, FL 19.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($65,022 here).

Norwich, CT $65,024 Corvallis, OR $65,012 Lawrence, KS $65,009 Opelika, AL $65,004

Compare Harper Woods with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 16K Eastpointe, MI 33K Grosse Pointe Park, MI 11K Roseville, MI 48K Saint Clair Shores, MI 60K Warren, MI 134K Fraser, MI 15K Hamtramck, MI 22K
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Using Harper Woods'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 Harper Woods area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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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 (Wayne 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.