#1Franklin
Oakland County · 3,134 peopleMedian household income·±$33,148 margin·2.8% in poverty
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Franklin, #1 on this list · Photo: Lrgjr72 · CC BY-SA 4.0Franklin has the highest median household income of Michigan’s 701 towns of 2,500+: $194,079 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town here is at $76,579; 129 of the 701 top $100,000.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: median household income. Each figure is an estimate with a margin of error (in the row); towns whose ranges overlap may not truly differ. The survey reports incomes over $250,000 only as “$250,000+”. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1Median household income·±$33,148 margin·2.8% in poverty
#2Median household income·±$8,367 margin·2.2% in poverty
#3Median household income·±$29,576 margin·3.9% in poverty
Median household income, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 24 towns here).
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Franklin (Oakland County): its median household income is $194,079 (±$33,148). Huntington Woods ($190,150) and Bloomfield Hills ($189,942) follow.
By median household income in the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T), including every town at the survey’s $250,000+ ceiling. How grades work.
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with an ACS income figure (701 in Michigan). Smaller towns show their income on their own page. Every town is on the Michigan page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.