Most Expensive 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, largest first. Metro Detroit as a whole: $1,207 median rent, $249,700 median home value, $76,664 household income.
199 ranked
- 1 Highland Park 44.4% of income
- 2 Inkster 36.5% of income
- 3 Detroit 34.7% of income
- 4 Hamtramck 33.7% of income
- 5 Fowlerville 32.9% of income
- 6 Melvindale 32.4% of income
- 7 Kenockee Township 31.8% of income
- 8 Pontiac 30.9% of income
- 9 Rich Township 30.2% of income
- 10 Howell 29.6% of income
- 11 Royal Oak Township 29.4% of income
- 12 Ecorse 29.4% of income
- 13 River Rouge 28.8% of income
- 14 New Haven 28.5% of income
- 15 Cohoctah Township 28.3% of income
- 16 Keego Harbor 28.1% of income
- 17 Dearborn Heights 27.9% of income
- 18 Wixom 27.8% of income
- 19 Utica 27.7% of income
- 20 Dearborn 27.6% of income
- 21 Southfield 27.5% of income
- 22 Harper Woods 27.3% of income
- 23 Lapeer 26.3% of income
- 24 Attica Township 26.2% of income
- 25 Mount Clemens 26.2% of income
- 26 Lenox Township 26.1% of income
- 27 Memphis 25.6% of income
- 28 Walled Lake 25.4% of income
- 29 Port Huron 25.3% of income
- 30 Grosse Pointe Shores 25.3% of income
- 31 Center Line 25.0% of income
- 32 Port Huron Township 24.7% of income
- 33 Warren 24.6% of income
- 34 Howell Township 24.4% of income
- 35 Lapeer Township 24.3% of income
- 36 Westland 24.3% of income
- 37 Wolverine Lake 24.2% of income
- 38 Eastpointe 24.2% of income
- 39 Belleville 24.2% of income
- 40 Roseville 23.9% of income
- 41 Ira Township 23.8% of income
- 42 Bloomfield Hills 23.7% of income
- 43 Oak Park 23.5% of income
- 44 Van Buren Township 23.5% of income
- 45 Southgate 23.4% of income
- 46 Holly 23.3% of income
- 47 Sumpter Township 23.1% of income
- 48 Taylor 23.1% of income
- 49 Novi 23.0% of income
- 50 Huron Township 23.0% of income
- 51 Brighton 23.0% of income
- 52 Unadilla Township 23.0% of income
- 53 Redford 22.9% of income
- 54 Burtchville Township 22.9% of income
- 55 Yale 22.7% of income
- 56 Hazel Park 22.6% of income
- 57 Deerfield Township Lapeer 22.5% of income
- 58 Dryden 22.5% of income
- 59 Lincoln Park 22.4% of income
- 60 Algonac 22.4% of income
- 61 Sterling Heights 22.3% of income
- 62 Riverview 22.3% of income
- 63 Marysville 22.3% of income
- 64 ST Clair 22.2% of income
- 65 Wayne 22.2% of income
- 66 Fraser 22.2% of income
- 67 Garden City 22.1% of income
- 68 Tyrone Township 22.0% of income
- 69 Shelby Township 22.0% of income
- 70 Clinton Township 22.0% of income
- 71 Madison Heights 22.0% of income
- 72 Lynn Township 21.9% of income
- 73 Oxford 21.8% of income
- 74 Auburn Hills 21.7% of income
- 75 Milford Township 21.7% of income
- 76 East China Township 21.7% of income
- 77 Brockway Township 21.6% of income
- 78 Greenwood Township 21.6% of income
- 79 ST Clair Shores 21.6% of income
- 80 White Lake 21.5% of income
- 81 Iosco Township 21.5% of income
- 82 Commerce 21.4% of income
- 83 Kimball 21.3% of income
- 84 China Township 21.3% of income
- 85 West Bloomfield 21.2% of income
- 86 Romulus 21.2% of income
- 87 Romeo 21.2% of income
- 88 Birmingham 21.0% of income
- 89 Farmington Hills 21.0% of income
- 90 Washington Township 21.0% of income
- 91 Waterford 21.0% of income
- 92 Imlay City 21.0% of income
- 93 Genoa Township 20.9% of income
- 94 Harrison Township 20.9% of income
- 95 Holly Township 20.9% of income
- 96 South Lyon 20.8% of income
- 97 Richmond 20.8% of income
- 98 North Branch 20.8% of income
- 99 Fenton 20.7% of income
- 100 Conway Township 20.7% of income
- 101 Riley Township 20.6% of income
- 102 Woodhaven 20.6% of income
- 103 Burlington Township 20.6% of income
- 104 Handy Township 20.3% of income
- 105 Columbus Township 20.2% of income
- 106 Imlay Township 20.2% of income
- 107 Flat Rock 20.2% of income
- 108 Mussey Township 20.2% of income
- 109 Groveland Township 20.1% of income
- 110 Mayfield Township 20.1% of income
- 111 Franklin 20.1% of income
- 112 Clawson 20.0% of income
- 113 Allen Park 20.0% of income
- 114 Capac 20.0% of income
- 115 Grosse Pointe Park 19.9% of income
- 116 Rochester 19.9% of income
- 117 ST Clair Township 19.9% of income
- 118 Brandon Township 19.8% of income
- 119 Farmington 19.7% of income
- 120 Royal Oak 19.5% of income
- 121 Gibraltar 19.5% of income
- 122 Plymouth 19.5% of income
- 123 Casco Township 19.4% of income
- 124 Deerfield Township Livingston 19.4% of income
- 125 Northville Township 19.2% of income
- 126 Wyandotte 19.2% of income
- 127 Rochester Hills 19.1% of income
- 128 Lake Orion 19.1% of income
- 129 Grosse Pointe Woods 19.0% of income
- 130 Troy 19.0% of income
- 131 Brownstown Township 19.0% of income
- 132 Clyde Township 19.0% of income
- 133 Ferndale 18.9% of income
- 134 Chesterfield 18.9% of income
- 135 Arcadia Township 18.9% of income
- 136 Sylvan Lake 18.8% of income
- 137 Almont 18.7% of income
- 138 Cottrellville 18.7% of income
- 139 Canton 18.6% of income
- 140 Lathrup Village 18.6% of income
- 141 Independence Township 18.6% of income
- 142 Highland Township 18.6% of income
- 143 Livonia 18.4% of income
- 144 Putnam Township 18.4% of income
- 145 Milford 18.4% of income
- 146 Clay Township 18.3% of income
- 147 Trenton 18.3% of income
- 148 Grosse Ile Township 18.2% of income
- 149 Hartland Township 18.2% of income
- 150 Oceola Township 18.1% of income
- 151 Rockwood 18.1% of income
- 152 Springfield Township 18.0% of income
- 153 Elba Township 18.0% of income
- 154 Almont Township 18.0% of income
- 155 Marine City 18.0% of income
- 156 Hadley Township 17.9% of income
- 157 Grant Township 17.9% of income
- 158 Richmond Township 17.9% of income
- 159 Plymouth Township 17.8% of income
- 160 Dryden Township 17.8% of income
- 161 Oakland Township 17.7% of income
- 162 Rose Township 17.6% of income
- 163 Addison Township 17.6% of income
- 164 North Branch Township 17.6% of income
- 165 Marathon Township 17.6% of income
- 166 Fort Gratiot 17.5% of income
- 167 Lyon Township 17.4% of income
- 168 Macomb Township 17.4% of income
- 169 Brown City 17.4% of income
- 170 Grosse Pointe 17.3% of income
- 171 Bloomfield Township 17.3% of income
- 172 Berkley 17.2% of income
- 173 Orion Township 17.2% of income
- 174 Goodland Township 17.2% of income
- 175 Burnside Township 17.2% of income
- 176 Bruce Township 17.1% of income
- 177 Bingham Farms 17.0% of income
- 178 Metamora Township 17.0% of income
- 179 Berlin Township 17.0% of income
- 180 Pinckney 16.9% of income
- 181 Armada 16.9% of income
- 182 New Baltimore 16.9% of income
- 183 Marion Township 16.8% of income
- 184 Brighton Township 16.6% of income
- 185 Huntington Woods 16.5% of income
- 186 Armada Township 16.5% of income
- 187 Oregon Township 16.5% of income
- 188 Emmett Township 16.4% of income
- 189 Beverly Hills 16.3% of income
- 190 Green Oak Township 16.3% of income
- 191 Wales Township 16.3% of income
- 192 Southfield Township 16.1% of income
- 193 Northville 16.1% of income
- 194 Grosse Pointe Farms 16.1% of income
- 195 Ray Township 16.0% of income
- 196 Hamburg Township 16.0% of income
- 197 Ortonville 14.7% of income
- 198 Pleasant Ridge 14.5% of income
- 199 Orchard Lake Village 12.7% of income
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- Most affordable cities in Metro Detroit 199 ranked
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
3 questions
What is the most expensive city in Metro Detroit?
Highland Park: a typical home there costs about $1,084 a month, 44.4% of the median household income of $29,309.
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.