Most Affordable Cities in Metro Detroit
199 cities and townships across the six counties, ranked on what a typical home costs a month (the median rent and the median owner cost with a mortgage, averaged) as a share of the median household income, smallest first. Metro Detroit as a whole: $1,207 median rent, $249,700 median home value, $76,664 household income.
199 ranked
- 1 Orchard Lake Village 12.7% of income
- 2 Pleasant Ridge 14.5% of income
- 3 Ortonville 14.7% of income
- 4 Hamburg Township 16.0% of income
- 5 Ray Township 16.0% of income
- 6 Grosse Pointe Farms 16.1% of income
- 7 Northville 16.1% of income
- 8 Southfield Township 16.1% of income
- 9 Wales Township 16.3% of income
- 10 Green Oak Township 16.3% of income
- 11 Beverly Hills 16.3% of income
- 12 Emmett Township 16.4% of income
- 13 Oregon Township 16.5% of income
- 14 Armada Township 16.5% of income
- 15 Huntington Woods 16.5% of income
- 16 Brighton Township 16.6% of income
- 17 Marion Township 16.8% of income
- 18 New Baltimore 16.9% of income
- 19 Armada 16.9% of income
- 20 Pinckney 16.9% of income
- 21 Berlin Township 17.0% of income
- 22 Metamora Township 17.0% of income
- 23 Bingham Farms 17.0% of income
- 24 Bruce Township 17.1% of income
- 25 Burnside Township 17.2% of income
- 26 Goodland Township 17.2% of income
- 27 Orion Township 17.2% of income
- 28 Berkley 17.2% of income
- 29 Bloomfield Township 17.3% of income
- 30 Grosse Pointe 17.3% of income
- 31 Brown City 17.4% of income
- 32 Macomb Township 17.4% of income
- 33 Lyon Township 17.4% of income
- 34 Fort Gratiot 17.5% of income
- 35 Marathon Township 17.6% of income
- 36 North Branch Township 17.6% of income
- 37 Addison Township 17.6% of income
- 38 Rose Township 17.6% of income
- 39 Oakland Township 17.7% of income
- 40 Dryden Township 17.8% of income
- 41 Plymouth Township 17.8% of income
- 42 Richmond Township 17.9% of income
- 43 Grant Township 17.9% of income
- 44 Hadley Township 17.9% of income
- 45 Marine City 18.0% of income
- 46 Almont Township 18.0% of income
- 47 Elba Township 18.0% of income
- 48 Springfield Township 18.0% of income
- 49 Rockwood 18.1% of income
- 50 Oceola Township 18.1% of income
- 51 Hartland Township 18.2% of income
- 52 Grosse Ile Township 18.2% of income
- 53 Trenton 18.3% of income
- 54 Clay Township 18.3% of income
- 55 Milford 18.4% of income
- 56 Putnam Township 18.4% of income
- 57 Livonia 18.4% of income
- 58 Highland Township 18.6% of income
- 59 Independence Township 18.6% of income
- 60 Lathrup Village 18.6% of income
- 61 Canton 18.6% of income
- 62 Cottrellville 18.7% of income
- 63 Almont 18.7% of income
- 64 Sylvan Lake 18.8% of income
- 65 Arcadia Township 18.9% of income
- 66 Chesterfield 18.9% of income
- 67 Ferndale 18.9% of income
- 68 Clyde Township 19.0% of income
- 69 Brownstown Township 19.0% of income
- 70 Troy 19.0% of income
- 71 Grosse Pointe Woods 19.0% of income
- 72 Lake Orion 19.1% of income
- 73 Rochester Hills 19.1% of income
- 74 Wyandotte 19.2% of income
- 75 Northville Township 19.2% of income
- 76 Deerfield Township Livingston 19.4% of income
- 77 Casco Township 19.4% of income
- 78 Plymouth 19.5% of income
- 79 Gibraltar 19.5% of income
- 80 Royal Oak 19.5% of income
- 81 Farmington 19.7% of income
- 82 Brandon Township 19.8% of income
- 83 ST Clair Township 19.9% of income
- 84 Rochester 19.9% of income
- 85 Grosse Pointe Park 19.9% of income
- 86 Capac 20.0% of income
- 87 Allen Park 20.0% of income
- 88 Clawson 20.0% of income
- 89 Franklin 20.1% of income
- 90 Mayfield Township 20.1% of income
- 91 Groveland Township 20.1% of income
- 92 Mussey Township 20.2% of income
- 93 Flat Rock 20.2% of income
- 94 Imlay Township 20.2% of income
- 95 Columbus Township 20.2% of income
- 96 Handy Township 20.3% of income
- 97 Burlington Township 20.6% of income
- 98 Woodhaven 20.6% of income
- 99 Riley Township 20.6% of income
- 100 Conway Township 20.7% of income
- 101 Fenton 20.7% of income
- 102 North Branch 20.8% of income
- 103 Richmond 20.8% of income
- 104 South Lyon 20.8% of income
- 105 Holly Township 20.9% of income
- 106 Harrison Township 20.9% of income
- 107 Genoa Township 20.9% of income
- 108 Imlay City 21.0% of income
- 109 Waterford 21.0% of income
- 110 Washington Township 21.0% of income
- 111 Farmington Hills 21.0% of income
- 112 Birmingham 21.0% of income
- 113 Romeo 21.2% of income
- 114 Romulus 21.2% of income
- 115 West Bloomfield 21.2% of income
- 116 China Township 21.3% of income
- 117 Kimball 21.3% of income
- 118 Commerce 21.4% of income
- 119 Iosco Township 21.5% of income
- 120 White Lake 21.5% of income
- 121 ST Clair Shores 21.6% of income
- 122 Greenwood Township 21.6% of income
- 123 Brockway Township 21.6% of income
- 124 East China Township 21.7% of income
- 125 Milford Township 21.7% of income
- 126 Auburn Hills 21.7% of income
- 127 Oxford 21.8% of income
- 128 Lynn Township 21.9% of income
- 129 Madison Heights 22.0% of income
- 130 Clinton Township 22.0% of income
- 131 Shelby Township 22.0% of income
- 132 Tyrone Township 22.0% of income
- 133 Garden City 22.1% of income
- 134 Fraser 22.2% of income
- 135 Wayne 22.2% of income
- 136 ST Clair 22.2% of income
- 137 Marysville 22.3% of income
- 138 Riverview 22.3% of income
- 139 Sterling Heights 22.3% of income
- 140 Algonac 22.4% of income
- 141 Lincoln Park 22.4% of income
- 142 Dryden 22.5% of income
- 143 Deerfield Township Lapeer 22.5% of income
- 144 Hazel Park 22.6% of income
- 145 Yale 22.7% of income
- 146 Burtchville Township 22.9% of income
- 147 Redford 22.9% of income
- 148 Unadilla Township 23.0% of income
- 149 Brighton 23.0% of income
- 150 Huron Township 23.0% of income
- 151 Novi 23.0% of income
- 152 Taylor 23.1% of income
- 153 Sumpter Township 23.1% of income
- 154 Holly 23.3% of income
- 155 Southgate 23.4% of income
- 156 Van Buren Township 23.5% of income
- 157 Oak Park 23.5% of income
- 158 Bloomfield Hills 23.7% of income
- 159 Ira Township 23.8% of income
- 160 Roseville 23.9% of income
- 161 Belleville 24.2% of income
- 162 Eastpointe 24.2% of income
- 163 Wolverine Lake 24.2% of income
- 164 Westland 24.3% of income
- 165 Lapeer Township 24.3% of income
- 166 Howell Township 24.4% of income
- 167 Warren 24.6% of income
- 168 Port Huron Township 24.7% of income
- 169 Center Line 25.0% of income
- 170 Grosse Pointe Shores 25.3% of income
- 171 Port Huron 25.3% of income
- 172 Walled Lake 25.4% of income
- 173 Memphis 25.6% of income
- 174 Lenox Township 26.1% of income
- 175 Mount Clemens 26.2% of income
- 176 Attica Township 26.2% of income
- 177 Lapeer 26.3% of income
- 178 Harper Woods 27.3% of income
- 179 Southfield 27.5% of income
- 180 Dearborn 27.6% of income
- 181 Utica 27.7% of income
- 182 Wixom 27.8% of income
- 183 Dearborn Heights 27.9% of income
- 184 Keego Harbor 28.1% of income
- 185 Cohoctah Township 28.3% of income
- 186 New Haven 28.5% of income
- 187 River Rouge 28.8% of income
- 188 Ecorse 29.4% of income
- 189 Royal Oak Township 29.4% of income
- 190 Howell 29.6% of income
- 191 Rich Township 30.2% of income
- 192 Pontiac 30.9% of income
- 193 Kenockee Township 31.8% of income
- 194 Melvindale 32.4% of income
- 195 Fowlerville 32.9% of income
- 196 Hamtramck 33.7% of income
- 197 Detroit 34.7% of income
- 198 Inkster 36.5% of income
- 199 Highland Park 44.4% of income
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By county
- Cost of living in Wayne County 42 towns ranked
- Cost of living in Oakland County 56 towns ranked
- Cost of living in Macomb County 27 towns ranked
- Cost of living in St. Clair County 30 towns ranked
- Cost of living in Livingston County 20 towns ranked
- Cost of living in Lapeer County 24 towns ranked
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Metro Detroit cost of living questions
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What is the most affordable city in Metro Detroit?
Orchard Lake Village: a typical home there costs about $2,179 a month, 12.7% of the median household income of $206,667.
How are these places ranked?
On a typical home's monthly cost (the median gross rent and the median owner cost with a mortgage, averaged) times twelve, over the median household income. Places with fewer than 1,000 people are left out.
Where do the numbers come from?
The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for each city, township and village. They are medians, and today's listings and rents can differ.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.