Farmington Hills is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 82,111 people and 16 constituent neighborhoods, Farmington Hills is the 12th largest community in Michigan.

Farmington Hills is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.11% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Farmington Hills is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Farmington Hills who work in sales jobs (14.89%), management occupations (13.85%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.71%).

Also of interest is that Farmington Hills has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Another interesting thing about Farmington Hills, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Farmington Hills is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

"If you live in Farmington Hills, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Farmington Hills residents do (98.3%). Farmington Hills is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Farmington Hills Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Farmington Hills, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Farmington Hills is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 47.89% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Farmington Hills in 2000 was $36,134, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,536 for a family of four. However, Farmington Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Farmington Hills is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Farmington Hills home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Farmington Hills is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Farmington Hills include German, Polish, Irish, English, Italian, Russian, and Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Farmington Hills's cultural character, accounting for 15.71% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in Farmington Hills is English.