City · Oakland County, Michigan

Huntington Woods, Michigan

Huntington Woods is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area. It has 6,328 residents. Huntington Woods, Michigan has a quality-of-life score of 95 out of 100 (very high), ranking #827 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Michigan it ranks #6 of 444 cities and towns. It ranks best on lack of reliable transportation (low), physical inactivity (low) and poor or fair health (low). It ranks worst on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high), effective property tax rate (high) and days with unhealthy air (high).

95Very high

Quality-of-life score: #827 of 15,651 cities and towns
Michigan: #6 of 444 in MI
Population: 6,328 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 4,249.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 2640000

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety76#3,750/15,637
Economy100#47/15,631
Housing53#7,013/14,977
Health95#823/15,609
Healthcare95#856/15,650
Environment20#12,409/15,453
Education86#2,253/15,649
Infrastructure100#54/15,650
Community94#910/15,651
Leisure & amenities80#3,081/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Huntington Woods, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Oakland County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Lack of reliable transportation · low3.6%
100/100Michigan 8.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · low11.6%
100/100Michigan 25.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · low8.8%
100/100Michigan 19.3%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · low5.0%
100/100Michigan 16.3%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · high83.8%
100/100Michigan 32.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Primary care physicians · high142 /100k
98/100Michigan 81 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOakland County value

Weaknesses

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.3 µg/m³
7/100Michigan 8.6 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOakland County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.71%
14/100Michigan 1.19%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Days with unhealthy air · high2.6%
16/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOakland County value
Preventable hospital stays · high3,507 /100k
20/100Michigan 3,367 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOakland County value
Job growth · low-1.4%
20/100Michigan 0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataOakland County value
High ozone days · high3 days
21/100Michigan 3 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOakland County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
17.0% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$136,331 (2015-2019) → $190,150 (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
77.1% (2015-2019) → 83.8% (2020-2024)
+6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
18.8% (2015-2019) → 14.4% (2020-2024)
−4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Unemployment rateImproving
3.7% (2015-2019) → 0.9% (2020-2024)
−2.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Average commute timeImproving
23.2 min (2015-2019) → 20.6 min (2020-2024)
−11%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Huntington Woods, Michigan improved on 1 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+39%$136,331 → $190,150

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Huntington Woods, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.2 min2015-2019	20.6 min2020-2024	−2.7 min	Within the margin of error	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.1%2015-2019	83.8%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Broadband subscriptions	96.8%2015-2019	98.3%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Effective property tax rate	1.69%2015-2019	1.71%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
High school diploma or higher	98.9%2015-2019	99.2%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	86%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3932015-2019	0.3942020-2024	+0.001	Within the margin of error	49%
Median household income	$136,3312015-2019	$190,1502020-2024	+39%	Improved	73%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Huntington Woods, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Huntington Woods, Michigan in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Huntington Woods, Michigan itself moved +3.2 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,328 residents (±22)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59†
40–49
30–39
20–29†
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (−3.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

6,328 residents (±22)

Huntington Woods, Michigan
Michigan share

White94%5,922
Black0.3%†19
Hispanic or Latino1.1%†72

Education

4,463 residents (±120)

Huntington Woods, Michigan
Michigan share

No high school diploma0.8%†36
High school or GED5.3%†235
Some college5.0%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,356 households (±94)

Huntington Woods, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k4.4%†104
$25k–50k3.5%†83
$50k–75k4.8%†114
$75k–100k7.1%†168
$100k–150k14%341
$150k–200k20%466
$200k or more46%1,080

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+15.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,356 households (±94)

Huntington Woods, Michigan
Michigan share

Own96%2,264
Rent3.9%†92

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

67 households (±62)

Huntington Woods, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

2,264 homes (±100)

Huntington Woods, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $150k4.7%†107
$150k–250k1.8%†40
$250k–400k23%526

Age of homes

2,442 homes (±92)

Huntington Woods, Michigan
Michigan share

2010 or later1.7%†42
2000–20091.6%†40
1980–19994.8%†116

Size of homes

2,442 homes (±92)

Huntington Woods, Michigan
Michigan share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.1%†3
2 bedrooms5.3%†129

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,499 workers (±248)

Huntington Woods, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone69%2,403
Carpool2.5%†88
Public transit0.5%†19
Walk2.1%†73
Bike0.0%0
Work from home25%863
Other1.5%†53

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−17.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,636 workers (±219)

Huntington Woods, Michigan
Michigan share

Under 15 min26%694
15–29 min56%1,481
30–44 min11%†280

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Oakland County, the county holding most of Huntington Woods's residents.

Oakland County has 39,792 employer establishments, 312 for every 10,000 residents (1.26× the US rate of 248; 1.37× Michigan's), with 733,671 paid employees at an average annual pay of $72,528. The Census Bureau also counts 133,605 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 39,792; 133,605 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 312; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 733,671
Average annual pay: $72,528; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Oakland County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	4,499	35.3	1.69×More than typical	61,870	$59,481	8,963
Restaurants and other eating places	2,603	20.4	1.11×About typical	47,998	$23,559	538
Specialty trade contractors	1,744	13.7	0.88×About typical	19,497	$87,148	6,899
Offices of physicians	1,664	13.1	2.02×More than typical	18,839	$79,918	2,192
Lessors of real estate	1,590	12.5	1.01×About typical	16,135	$71,404	19,020
Legal services	1,330	10.4	1.94×More than typical	10,888	$113,064	2,222
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,206	9.5	1.41×More than typical	15,023	$104,311	6,292
Offices of other health practitioners	1,204	9.4	1.55×More than typical	8,424	$51,068	3,965
Limited-service restaurants	1,202	9.4	1.18×About typical	20,105	$20,072	224
Full-service restaurants	1,112	8.7	1.14×About typical	24,621	$26,680	182
Computer systems design and related services	1,097	8.6	1.99×More than typical	22,681	$98,544	1,839
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,065	8.4	1.24×About typical	9,839	$46,401	6,094

Rank places for an industry Open Oakland County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,274,993 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Huntington Woods, Michigan: $0 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $2,007
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

249.9KFY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Huntington Woods, Michigan, so they do not add up across cities.

Huntington Woods, Michigan's figures are part of those of Oakland County, MI ($1.1B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Huntington Woods is mostly in Oakland County.

See federal money in Oakland County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Huntington Woods, Michigan is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).