Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 49/100
D+
Median home value$245,000
Detroit $249,700
Median rent$1,477/mo
Detroit $1,207/mo
Cost-burdened households33%
Detroit 29%
Auburn Hills
Oakland County25,105 residents2 school districts
54
C−
Suburbgrade score
36th of 54 Detroit suburbs. Strongest on cost of living, held back by schools.
54
Detroit median 58
0 · F
A+ · 100
Launch-day rule. Residents is not counted for Auburn Hills yet: no poll responses so far. The overall score of 54 is computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. Answer the poll →
What living here is actually like
Written summary in preparation This page is waiting for its written summary, and for a person to check it. Until then it is excluded from search engines.
What Auburn Hills is like to live in, by category
Bars show Auburn Hills against Detroit. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · 28/100
F
Within-state proficiency21st pct
Detroit median 46th pct
Student–teacher ratio17.7
Detroit median 16.8
Graduation rate66%
Detroit median 87%
Cost of living
14% of the score · 76/100
B
Housing cost index106
Detroit 100
Eff. tax rate0.93%
Detroit 1.27%
Local sales tax6.00%
Detroit median 6.00%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 73/100
B
Mean commute22.1 min
Detroit 26.0 min
Under 30 minutes69%
Detroit 61%
Transit stops / sq mi4.1
Detroit median 7.8 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 54/100
C−
Restaurants & cafés53
Detroit median 59 · within 2 miles
Groceries2
Detroit median 6 · within 2 miles
Parks21
Detroit median 61 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 56/100
C−
Median household income$84,375
Detroit $76,664
Unemployment6.0%
Detroit 6.4%
Professional occupations54%
Detroit 43%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
—
No responses yet. Residents is excluded from the score until eight people answer.
Ask the people who live here
Twelve yes/no questions, one tap each. No dataset knows whether the yards are kept or whether anyone talks to their neighbours. Answers feed the Residents grade, which needs eight responses before it counts.
Nobody has answered for Auburn Hills yet. If you live here, you can be the first.
Is it quiet at night?
—
Do you feel safe walking after dark?
—
Can you walk to a grocery store?
—
Is it good for young children?
—
Are yards and streets well kept?
—
Tap either button to answer — no account neededAll twelve questions →
Better than Auburn Hills on schools
Auburn Hills's weakest grade is F. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbSchoolsOverall
Beverly Hills11 mi from Auburn HillsA 80 B+ Birmingham9 mi from Auburn HillsA 77 B Grosse Pointe Woods24 mi from Auburn HillsA− 71 B− Novi18 mi from Auburn HillsA− 71 B− Royal Oak12 mi from Auburn HillsA− 76 B Berkley13 mi from Auburn HillsB+ 78 B+ Within-state proficiency: EDFacts SY2021–22 · Graduation rate: EDFacts ACGR SY2018–19
Common questions about living in Auburn Hills
Is Auburn Hills, MI a good place to live?
Auburn Hills scores 54 out of 100, 36th of 54 Detroit suburbs. It is strongest on cost of living and weakest on schools. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Auburn Hills expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades B. The median home is $245,000, 2% below the Detroit median, and the effective property tax rate is 0.93%. $1,477/mo is the median gross rent.
How good are the schools in Auburn Hills?
Schools grade F. The districts serving Auburn Hills sit at the 21st pct within-state proficiency percentile, with a 66% graduation rate and a 17.7 student–teacher ratio. Auburn Hills is served by Pontiac City School District and Avondale School District. Proficiency is only ever compared inside the same state.
How long is the commute from Auburn Hills?
The mean commute is 22.1 min, with 69% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 19% working from home. Transit density is 4.1 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Auburn Hills?
Within two miles there are 2 groceries, 53 restaurants and cafés and 21 parks, which grades C− on amenities.
Are the homes in Auburn Hills old or new?
The median home in Auburn Hills was built in 1991 — newer than the Detroit median of 1968. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 52% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.