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Because it does well by almost any measure. Bloomfield Hills earns an A, 38th among Michigan's 697 graded towns. Residents are healthier than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, its schools rank ahead of 97% of Michigan towns, and the median household earns $190K. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $670K for a typical one and 8.7 times the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income. 79% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Bloomfield Hills, above both the Michigan town median (26%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). On walkability, just 126 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do better. Bloomfield Hills is home to Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Where Bloomfield Hills beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| St. Hugo of the Hills Elementary School | PK–8 | 670 |
| Roeper City & Country School | PK–12 | 496 |
3,869 counted in 2010 and 4,460 in 2020; an estimated 4,390 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Bloomfield Hills is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Cranbrook is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,127 in 1930, 4,460 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1904 and 7 maps from 1908 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bloomfield Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaMichigan Stadium
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaFord Field
20 mi Stadium & arenaComerica Park
19 mi MuseumThe Henry Ford1.8M visitors a year
20 mi TheatreFox Theatre
30 mi LakeLake Saint ClairMichigan Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ford Field: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Comerica Park: City of Detroit, Public domain · The Henry Ford: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fox Theatre: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Saint Clair: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bloomfield Hills, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Bloomfield Hills.
Bloomfield Hills has schools in the top 5% of Michigan, draws workers from Waterford Township and beyond and has less tooth loss than most of Michigan.
At 8.7 years of the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income, the typical home (about $670K) costs more against local pay than in 99% of Michigan towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
Bloomfield Hills’ median rent is $3,501 a month. The typical Bloomfield Hills home is worth about $670,000, up 4.2% in a year, more than twice the Michigan typical home. 86% of households own their home in Bloomfield Hills.
| Bloomfield Hills | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,501 a month | $1,045 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 86% | 84% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A+ ranks #8 of the 699 Michigan towns we grade for schools. Its A+ for schools comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $670K.
Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Hugo of the Hills Elementary School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 670 | – |
| Roeper City & Country School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 496 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
11 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Bloomfield Hills is 2.2 miles per square mile.
| Bloomfield Hills | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 2.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.9% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Michigan is tooth loss: 2.6% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 10.2% statewide. Against the 1,121 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bloomfield Hills’s, it is healthier than 72%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
11% of Bloomfield Hills adults report frequent mental distress. Bloomfield Hills beats the Michigan average on 25 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 10% of Bloomfield Hills adults report frequent physical distress.
| Bloomfield Hills | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.5% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bloomfield Hills | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 2.6% | 10.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.1% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
6,808 jobs are based in Bloomfield Hills, 4.3 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Bloomfield Hills for work: only 9% work in town. Since 2011, Bloomfield Hills has added 543 jobs, to 6,808 in 2021. The top destinations are Detroit (10%), Troy (8%) and Southfield (6%).
| Bloomfield Hills | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $190,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.7% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 89% of U.S. communities. Since 1989, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bloomfield Hills.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Reported crimes fell from 53 to 25 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
Only 9 of the 272 Michigan towns we compare have a lower violent crime rate than Bloomfield Hills.
| Bloomfield Hills | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.4 per 1,000 residents | 8 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Bloomfield Hills has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
13 within 15 miles of the center of Bloomfield Hills
About 7 of every 100 Bloomfield Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
Where Bloomfield Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
5 places in Bloomfield Hills on the National Register of Historic Places.
14 notable people were born in Bloomfield Hills.
City in Michigan, United States
Bloomfield Hills is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit on the Woodward Corridor, Bloomfield Hills is located roughly twenty miles (32 km) northwest of downtown Detroit and is surrounded on most sides by Bloomfield Township. As of the 2020 United States census, the city had a population of 4,470.
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One town shares a border with Bloomfield Hills.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield Hills | #38 | A | D− | B+ | A+ | A+ |
| Bloomfield Township | #42 | A | D | A− | A+ | A+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Bloomfield Hills grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #38 of 697 in Michigan. It grades A+ for health, B+ for safety and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
14 notable people were born here, including Alex Winston and Steve Stockman.
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