Wayne County, Michigan

1,772,259 people. The median home is worth $178,500 (typical Michigan town: $193,900) and the median household earns $60,539.

Towns in Wayne County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Detroit	639,111	$83,900	$39,938	35.2
Dearborn	109,976	$218,800	$65,324	33.3
Canton	98,659	$372,400	$121,359	40.9
Livonia	95,535	$281,100	$98,460	44.8
Westland	85,420	$184,600	$62,076	38.1
Taylor	63,409	$152,600	$61,081	37.9
Dearborn Heights	63,292	$185,100	$60,391	35.8
Redford	49,504	$155,600	$69,414	38.3
Lincoln Park	40,245	$131,000	$58,616	35.2
Brownstown	33,194	$272,700	$95,402	41.5
Northville	31,758	$551,800	$150,518	45.2
Van Buren	30,375	$269,700	$78,230	43.1
Southgate	30,014	$173,600	$66,118	39.2
Allen Park	28,638	$183,700	$81,655	43.1
Hamtramck	28,433	$131,000	$39,293	26.5
Plymouth	27,938	$400,800	$116,883	46.6
Garden City	27,380	$168,800	$67,294	40.9
Inkster	26,088	$80,400	$39,252	35.0
Romulus	25,178	$159,500	$69,151	37.9
Wyandotte	25,058	$166,900	$71,987	39.3
Trenton	18,544	$210,600	$82,212	48.2
Wayne	17,713	$157,800	$59,038	42.5
Huron	16,944	$276,700	$92,832	41.6
Grosse Pointe Woods	16,487	$342,100	$126,395	43.6
Harper Woods	15,492	$157,200	$65,022	37.1
Woodhaven	12,941	$231,800	$78,648	45.6
Melvindale	12,851	$125,800	$42,185	31.3
Riverview	12,490	$215,100	$73,468	40.6
Grosse Pointe Park	11,595	$473,100	$124,111	41.4
Grosse Ile	10,788	$355,900	$126,582	50.4
Flat Rock	10,541	$228,800	$81,585	39.3
Grosse Pointe Farms	10,148	$442,000	$161,208	48.9
Sumpter	9,660	$270,700	$76,081	40.6
Plymouth	9,370	$448,600	$112,145	44.5
Ecorse	9,305	$65,400	$40,241	34.9
Highland Park	8,977	$79,200	$29,309	42.7
River Rouge	7,224	$65,100	$41,053	34.4
Grosse Pointe	5,678	$436,800	$158,853	43.8
Gibraltar	4,997	$223,200	$91,651	50.3
Belleville	4,008	$148,300	$62,991	40.7
Rockwood	3,240	$188,600	$88,080	42.1
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores	2,647	$733,500	$189,583	48.2

People and housing

	Wayne County	Typical Michigan town
Median home value	$178,500	$193,900
Median rent	$1,132	$955
Median household income	$60,539	$69,792
Median age	37.9	43.7
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	21.5%
Below the poverty line	20.8%	10.4%

Jobs and pay

725,504 jobs in 2024, average pay $76,411 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 937 storm events in Wayne County from 1996 to 2026, with 28 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Wayne County has been included in 17 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
February 8, 2024	Flood	DR-4757: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
July 15, 2021	Severe Storm	DR-4607: Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
March 27, 2020	Biological	DR-4494: Covid-19 Pandemic
March 13, 2020	Biological	EM-3455: Covid-19
September 25, 2014	Flood	DR-4195: Severe Storms And Flooding
September 7, 2005	Hurricane	EM-3225: Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).