What is the population of Ferndale city?

Ferndale city has 19,156 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #62 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Ferndale city?

Median household income in Ferndale city is $91,732 a year, 16.8% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ferndale city?

Median gross rent is $1,235 a month and the median home value is $233,600, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.

Is Ferndale city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ferndale city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ferndale, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ferndale, Michigan (Ferndale, MI — Census place “Ferndale city”) is 19,156 residents, ranking #62 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $91,732, the median home is worth $233,600 and median gross rent runs $1,235 a month. Looking for the Ferndale Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ferndale, MI: 48220.

Population: 19,156Ferndale city residents
Median household income: $91,732Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $233,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,235Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.6%Owner-occupied households

Ferndale ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ferndale.

The Ferndale MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

48220

What the numbers mean in Ferndale city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ferndale city median would spend about 16.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.9% of residents and 67.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ferndale city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ferndale city is a mid-size town in Michigan, with 19,156 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #62 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 35.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Ferndale city earn a median of $91,732 a year, 16.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 49% above the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 7.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ferndale city is valued at $233,600, 23% below the national figure and 41% above the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,235 a month, 12.2% below the national figure, or roughly $14,820 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Ferndale city?: Ferndale city has 19,156 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #62 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Ferndale city?: Median household income in Ferndale city is $91,732 a year, 16.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ferndale city?: Median gross rent is $1,235 a month and the median home value is $233,600, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.
Is Ferndale city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ferndale city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ferndale city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.