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Cost of living in Farmington Hills, Michigan

Farmington Hills, Michigan has about 83,515 people. Typical rent is $1,551 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $104,836 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #110 in Michigan on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,551 a month.

Farmington Hills is a city in Michigan. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $104,836 a year.

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People
83,515
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,551
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$104,836
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$354,500
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,459
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI HUD Metro FMR Area

Farmington Hills, Michigan has about 83,515 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $354,500.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Oakland County is $1,459 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Farmington Hills. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area, prices sit at 100.3 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Michigan taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Farmington Hills's exact store tax.

Some places in Michigan add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.16% of income. That is not a Farmington Hills bill.

In July 2026, a typical Michigan home paid 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Farmington Hills's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Michigan in the table we use.

Among 409 places we list in Michigan with a rent figure, 20 have higher typical rent than Farmington Hills.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.