The 10 Richest Cities In Michigan For 2023


We analyzed 149 places in Michigan to determine where the 1% live.

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If you’re looking for safe cities and neighborhoods, amazing schools, and high-end shopping, with a bank account to match, you can stop your search. There are cities in on our richest cities in michigan that have these 5-star amenities, and then some. And, yes, they are mainly centralized around Detroit.

To create this list, we asked ourselves, what is important to rich people? Besides the obvious: high paying jobs, affluent neighborhoods, gigantic homes, and Michelin rated restaurants, the cities on our list cater to the ‘one percent’ on a different level: they are posh, posh. Cities on our list like Grosse Pointe Farms offer beachfront access to Lake St. Clair and cities like Beverly Hills provide upscale golf courses that rival in comparison to Beverly Hills, California.

How does one get their hand on one of these Michigan gems where living your best life requires a boat load of coinage? Well, a couple of things have to fall into place for you. You need to find a job that pays way above average. Might we suggest a job in real estate in our number one richest city? And then you have to find a home with prices in this city close to $350,000. That’s a lot of MIchigan cheddar, folks

To see which cities make the dolla’ holla’ on our top richest cities in Michigan for 2023, grab a bowl of potato pierogies, a nice quiet spot on Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Ontario, or Lake Erie, and take a look at the list below.

Did we mention that you either have to be the owner the Detroit Lions, in possession of the original Pasty recipe, or a member of the DeVos family to live in our top richest cities in MIchigan for 2023?

In all seriousness, we narrowed down the richest cities in the Great Lakes State by looking at several factors: poverty rate, median household income, unemployment rate. The cities also had to have a population of at least 5,000.

What is the richest city in Michigan? Without further adieu, the richest in Michigan would be Huntington Woods.

To see how your city compared, or what cities made the top 10, take a look below.

Rich people not your cup of tea? Feel free to check out some more reading about Michigan:

The 10 Richest Cities In Michigan For 2023

1. East Grand Rapids

East Grand Rapids, MI

Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 11,381
Rank Last Year: 2 (Up 1)
Median Income: $145,000
Unemployment Rate: 1.8%
Poverty Rate: 1.6%
More on East Grand Rapids: Real Estate | Photos

2. Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills, MI

Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10

Population: 10,593
Rank Last Year: 3 (Up 1)
Median Income: $148,101
Unemployment Rate: 1.9%
Poverty Rate: 1.9%
More on Beverly Hills: Real Estate | Photos

3. Huntington Woods

Huntington Woods, MI

Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 6,382
Rank Last Year: 1 (Down 2)
Median Income: $157,665
Unemployment Rate: 2.4%
Poverty Rate: 1.8%
More on Huntington Woods: Real Estate | Photos

4. Grosse Pointe Farms

Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 10,018
Rank Last Year: 4 (No Change)
Median Income: $146,667
Unemployment Rate: 2.2%
Poverty Rate: 2.6%
More on Grosse Pointe Farms: Real Estate | Photos

5. Grosse Pointe Park

Grosse Pointe Park, MI

Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 11,529
Rank Last Year: 9 (Up 4)
Median Income: $123,859
Unemployment Rate: 2.3%
Poverty Rate: 4.3%
More on Grosse Pointe Park: Real Estate | Photos

6. Grosse Pointe

Grosse Pointe, MI

Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 5,597
Rank Last Year: 5 (Down 1)
Median Income: $125,909
Unemployment Rate: 3.3%
Poverty Rate: 2.3%
More on Grosse Pointe: Real Estate | Photos

7. Berkley

Berkley, MI

Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 15,234
Rank Last Year: 7 (No Change)
Median Income: $96,993
Unemployment Rate: 2.8%
Poverty Rate: 4.3%
More on Berkley: Real Estate | Photos

8. Northville

Northville, MI

Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 6,106
Rank Last Year: 6 (Down 2)
Median Income: $132,568
Unemployment Rate: 3.6%
Poverty Rate: 2.9%
More on Northville: Real Estate | Photos

9. Plymouth

Plymouth, MI

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 9,308
Rank Last Year: 8 (Down 1)
Median Income: $96,250
Unemployment Rate: 3.6%
Poverty Rate: 3.3%
More on Plymouth: Real Estate | Photos

10. Rochester Hills

Rochester Hills, MI

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 75,990
Rank Last Year: 11 (Up 1)
Median Income: $106,398
Unemployment Rate: 3.7%
Poverty Rate: 4.3%
More on Rochester Hills: Real Estate | Photos

Methodology: How We Determined The Richest Places In Michigan For 2023

Map Of The Richest Places To Live In Michigan
The first thing that comes to most people’s minds when they think about determining the richest places is to simply identify personal incomes. After all, rich people have really high salaries.

However, we don’t believe that one statistic wholly encompasses what it means to be one of the “richest places”. So we looked at this set of criteria from the newly released 2017-2021 American Community Survey:

  • Poverty Level
  • Median Household Income
  • Unemployment Rate

Median household income is the most digestible way to understand how rich a place really is. The unemployment rate tries to capture the prospects for more people to become rich. If more people are employed, the richer the future looks.

After we collected the data for all 154 places with more than 5,000 people in Michigan, we ranked each place from 1 to 154 for each of the criteria, with 1 being the richest.

We then averaged all the rankings for a place into a “Rich Score” with the place having the lowest overall Rich Score, East Grand Rapids, crowned the “Richest City In Michigan For 2023”. You can download the data here.

You can learn more about the top ten below or skip to the end to see the rankings for all 154 places.

Summary: The Wealthiest Places In Michigan For 2023

Like we said earlier, when we set out to identify the richest places in Michigan, we weren’t sure what we’d encounter, but it ended up being some of the best places to live in Michigan.

When you look at the data, the cities and places mentioned above meet the criteria for being at the very top of the income ladder for everyone that lives there.

If you’re curious enough, here are the poorest cities in Michigan, according to data:

Poorest: Benton Harbor
2nd Poorest: River Rouge
3rd Poorest: Highland Park

For more Michigan reading, check out:

Detailed List Of The Richest Cities In Michigan

Rank City RichScore Median Income
1 East Grand Rapids 2.67 $145,000
2 Beverly Hills 3.67 $148,101
3 Huntington Woods 5.33 $157,665
4 Grosse Pointe Farms 5.33 $146,667
5 Grosse Pointe Park 10.33 $123,859
6 Grosse Pointe 10.67 $125,909
7 Berkley 13.33 $96,993
8 Northville 13.67 $132,568
9 Plymouth 16.33 $96,250
10 Rochester Hills 17.33 $106,398
11 Farmington 21.33 $84,558
12 Royal Oak 21.67 $87,316
13 Novi 22.33 $100,311
14 Chelsea 22.33 $66,985
15 Troy 22.67 $107,550
16 Birmingham 23.67 $137,907
17 Grandville 24.0 $68,863
18 New Baltimore 24.67 $82,464
19 Rochester 25.33 $100,021
20 Milford 27.67 $90,591
21 South Lyon 29.0 $79,345
22 Wixom 29.0 $72,579
23 Frankenmuth 30.0 $79,184
24 Farmington Hills 30.0 $93,434
25 Grosse Pointe Woods 30.67 $115,247
26 Mason 31.0 $70,493
27 Trenton 31.67 $70,725
28 Brighton 32.0 $66,726
29 St. Joseph 32.33 $62,156
30 Livonia 33.67 $86,331
31 Petoskey 34.67 $60,054
32 Clawson 36.0 $76,575
33 Ferndale 37.67 $79,181
34 Dundee 42.0 $70,553
35 Walker 42.0 $65,916
36 Hudsonville 42.33 $79,167
37 Woodhaven 43.0 $68,463
38 Swartz Creek 44.0 $58,220
39 Holland 45.67 $63,853
40 Saline 46.0 $81,321
41 Milan 46.33 $77,045
42 Norton Shores 47.33 $69,501
43 St. Clair 47.33 $71,531
44 Grand Blanc 47.33 $65,179
45 Zeeland 47.67 $57,946
46 Riverview 48.0 $62,992
47 Fenton 49.67 $70,745
48 St. Johns 50.0 $59,890
49 Eaton Rapids 52.33 $56,047
50 Midland 52.33 $67,558
51 Tecumseh 53.33 $60,728
52 Howell 53.33 $52,569
53 Kentwood 53.67 $60,505
54 Allen Park 55.33 $69,455
55 St. Clair Shores 56.33 $65,747
56 Auburn Hills 57.33 $73,641
57 Grand Ledge 57.67 $65,368
58 Madison Heights 57.67 $58,537
59 Portage 58.0 $68,755
60 Sterling Heights 58.0 $70,211
61 Traverse City 58.67 $64,033
62 Marysville 58.67 $59,504
63 Southgate 61.33 $60,152
64 Rockford 62.0 $93,397
65 Flushing 62.67 $68,333
66 Ann Arbor 63.33 $73,276
67 Fraser 66.67 $59,471
68 Wyoming 66.67 $61,128
69 Utica 68.0 $49,918
70 Wyandotte 70.67 $58,869
71 Walled Lake 72.67 $56,193
72 Westland 75.67 $55,640
73 Allegan 76.33 $41,793
74 Marshall 76.33 $63,438
75 Flat Rock 78.0 $60,792
76 Gladstone 78.33 $54,528
77 Southfield 80.33 $60,006
78 Ludington 80.67 $45,673
79 Iron Mountain 81.0 $50,099
80 Charlotte 81.0 $59,640
81 Grand Haven 81.33 $52,929
82 Kingsford 81.67 $53,257
83 Manistee 82.0 $52,453
84 Garden City 82.33 $59,049
85 Owosso 84.67 $45,599
86 New Haven 85.67 $59,107
87 Lapeer 86.33 $47,990
88 Davison 87.67 $48,390
89 Romulus 88.33 $64,712
90 Hillsdale 88.67 $44,494
91 Oak Park 89.33 $58,700
92 Coldwater 90.67 $45,021
93 Taylor 91.0 $55,358
94 Richmond 91.0 $58,684
95 Grand Rapids 91.33 $55,385
96 Holly 91.67 $54,206
97 St. Louis 92.33 $43,777
98 Hazel Park 94.0 $50,871
99 Ionia 96.0 $54,840
100 Roseville 96.67 $51,794

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Editor’s Note: Data has been updated for 2023. This is our tenth time ranking the richest cities in Michigan.

About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

He believes the key to finding the right place to live comes down to looking at the data, reading about things to do, and, most importantly, checking it out yourself before you move.

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