Cost of living in Highland Park, Michigan
Highland Park, Michigan has about 8,628 people. Typical rent is $688 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $29,309 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 #168 in Michigan on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $688 a month.
Highland Park is a city in Michigan. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $29,309 a year.
- People
- 8,628
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $688
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $29,309
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $79,200
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,459
- Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI HUD Metro FMR Area
Highland Park, Michigan has about 8,628 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $79,200.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Wayne County is $1,459 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Highland Park. 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 Highland Park'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 Highland Park bill.
In July 2026, a typical Michigan home paid 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Highland Park'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, 364 have higher typical rent than Highland Park.
Nearby places
- Detroit
Typical rent $1,074
Compare with Highland Park - Hamtramck
Typical rent $989
Compare with Highland Park - Hazel Park
Typical rent $1,314
Compare with Highland Park - Ferndale
Typical rent $1,311
Compare with Highland Park - Pleasant Ridge
Typical rent $1,720
Compare with Highland Park - Oak Park
Typical rent $1,396
Compare with Highland Park - Center Line
Typical rent $788
- Huntington Woods
Typical rent $2,493
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Michigan
Bigger places in Michigan
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.