City · Oakland County, Michigan

Oak Park, Michigan

Oak Park is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area. It has 29,318 residents. Oak Park, Michigan has a quality-of-life score of 72 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,379 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Michigan it ranks #81 of 444 cities and towns. It ranks best on primary care physicians (high), voter turnout (high) and natural hazard risk (low). It ranks worst on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high), unemployment rate (high) and days with unhealthy air (high).

72High

Quality-of-life score: #4,379 of 15,651 cities and towns
Michigan: #81 of 444 in MI
Population: 29,318 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 5,696.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 2659920

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
Economy43#8,952/15,631
Housing39#9,129/14,977
Health72#4,387/15,609
Healthcare92#1,205/15,650
Environment20#12,421/15,453
Education70#4,683/15,649
Infrastructure62#5,937/15,650
Community77#3,528/15,651
Leisure & amenities80#3,081/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Oak Park, 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

Primary care physicians · high142 /100k
98/100Michigan 81 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOakland County value
Voter turnout · high81.8%
98/100Michigan 74.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionOakland County value
Natural hazard risk · low2.6
97/100Michigan 10.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencyOakland County value
Dentists · high114 /100k
95/100Michigan 82 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOakland County value
Traffic deaths · low5.2 /100k
94/100Michigan 11.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataOakland County value
New business applications · high20.0 /1k
90/100Michigan 15.0 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauOakland 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
Unemployment rate · high10.8%
7/100Michigan 5.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
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.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.4% (2015-2019) → 92.5% (2020-2024)
+9.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$52,584 (2015-2019) → $71,510 (2020-2024)
+36%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
23.1% (2015-2019) → 16.9% (2020-2024)
−6.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Unemployment rateWorsening
5.6% (2015-2019) → 10.8% (2020-2024)
+5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
32.0% (2015-2019) → 37.1% (2020-2024)
+5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Oak Park, Michigan improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 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.

Improved5

Property tax−0.6 points2.00% → 1.42%
Uninsured−2.7 points6.7% → 4.0%
Bachelor's++5.1 points32.0% → 37.1%
Household income+36%$52,584 → $71,510
Broadband+9.1 points83.4% → 92.5%

Declined2

Unemployment+5.2 points5.6% → 10.8%
Price / income+0.7×2.2× → 3.0×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Oak Park, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.1 min2015-2019	23.3 min2020-2024	+1.2 min	Within the margin of error	34%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%2015-2019	37.1%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Improved	68%
Broadband subscriptions	83.4%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+9.1 points	Improved	55%
Child poverty rate	23.1%2015-2019	16.9%2020-2024	−6.2 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Effective property tax rate	2.00%2015-2019	1.42%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Improved	94%
High school diploma or higher	92.8%2015-2019	94.3%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	34%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4142015-2019	0.4152020-2024	+0.001	Within the margin of error	49%
Median household income	$52,5842015-2019	$71,5102020-2024	+36%	Improved	67%
Poverty rate	14.3%2015-2019	12.0%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent as share of income	30.6%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent-burdened households	51.1%2015-2019	49.6%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Unemployment rate	5.6%2015-2019	10.8%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Declined	3%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.7%2015-2019	4.0%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Improved	74%

“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 Oak Park, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Oak Park, 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, Oak Park, Michigan itself moved +2.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

29,318 residents (±34)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

12,452 households (±635)

Oak Park, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k16%1,974
$25k–50k16%2,034
$50k–75k21%2,582

Homes

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

Owners and renters

12,452 households (±635)

Oak Park, Michigan
Michigan share

Own63%7,881
Rent37%4,571

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+7.5 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

14,445 workers (±694)

Oak Park, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone67%9,657
Carpool6.4%†928
Public transit0.3%†50

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 Oak Park'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 $5M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Oak Park, Michigan: $169 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $5M; −23% vs FY2025
Per resident: $169; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.0%; US 8.8%

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

Top buying agencies

Departmental Offices$2.4M48%
Office of Procurement Operations$2M41%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration$446.7K9.0%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$82.6K1.7%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$26.8K0.5%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$22.7K0.5%

Top recipients

GLOBAL SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.$4.9M99.5%
KERR PUMP AND SUPPLY, INC.$22.7K0.5%

Spending by fiscal year

293.8KFY2017
423.2KFY2018
350.5KFY2019
480.5KFY2020
1.3MFY2021
3.2MFY2022
9.3MFY2023
15.2MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$4.5M90%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$446.7K9.0%
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$82.6K1.7%
Industrial machinery manufacturing · 3332$22.7K0.5%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Oak Park, Michigan

PCEC-23-00009 ECD PRIORITY SERVICES OPERATIONAL SUPPORT$14.1M
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.· Oakland County, MI· IT & telecom· Sep 29, 2023 – Sep 28, 2026· 70RCSJ23FR0000018
OGC LEGAL RESOURCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES$4.1M
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.· Oakland County, MI· Professional services· Feb 24, 2023 – Feb 27, 2026· 75P00123F37002
ISSLOB BPA CALL ORDER AGAINST 140D0422A0008$3.3M
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.· Oakland County, MI· IT & telecom· Sep 12, 2024 – May 15, 2026· 140D0424F1213
INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY LINE OF BUSINESS (ISSLOB) BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (BPA) CALL ORDER INTERIOR BUSINESS CENTER (IBC) INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY OFFICER (ISSO) AND RISK MANAGEMENT (RM) SUPPORT

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 Oak Park, Michigan, so they do not add up across cities.

Oak Park, Michigan's figures are part of those of Oakland County, MI ($1.1B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Oak Park 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.

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

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Oakland County92100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI61

Other cities and towns in Oakland County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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