How much are homes in Farmington Hills?

The median sale price is currently $375K, with homes averaging 26 days on market. There are 153 active listings right now, and 221 homes have sold in the last 90 days. Price varies a lot by neighborhood and school district, so ask us for comps on the specific area you're targeting.

How far is Farmington Hills from downtown Detroit?

About 23 miles southeast, usually a half-hour drive with normal traffic. M-5 down Grand River and I-696 east are the main routes in.

What school district serves Farmington Hills?

Most of the city is in Farmington Public Schools. Smaller sections fall into Clarenceville or Walled Lake Consolidated. Always confirm by address, since the lines don't match the city border.

Does Farmington Hills have a downtown?

Not its own. Shopping and dining are spread across the city, and the walkable main-street experience is in the neighboring city of Farmington along Grand River Avenue, a few minutes away.

What's the housing like?

Mostly colonials, ranches, and mid-century homes built from the 1960s through the 1980s, on established lots with mature trees. Newer construction shows up in pockets but isn't the norm.

Neighborhood guideOakland County

Living in Farmington Hills, MI: A Local’s Guide

Farmington Hills is the second-largest community in Oakland County, with 83,986 residents counted in the 2020 census. It sits in northwest Metro Detroit, about 23 miles and a half-hour drive from downtown Detroit on a clear day. The people who move here are mostly families and commuters who want established neighborhoods, mature trees, and a short hop to the office parks along Northwestern Highway, without paying for a brand-new build. It became a city in 1973, and a lot of the housing dates from that growth era.

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What Farmington Hills is known for

Three things come up again and again. First, safety: the city has consistently ranked near the top of "safest in Michigan" lists for years. Second, the corporate presence. Robert Bosch runs a major operation here, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services keeps its US headquarters in the city, Nissan Technical Center North America employs more than 1,200 people at its R&D campus, and Hitachi has a sizable automotive office on Grand River. Third, the parks and civic spaces. Heritage Park covers 211 acres with more than four miles of trails, and The Hawk, a 245,000-square-foot community center built into a former high school, runs theater, aquatics, and arts programs year-round.

Quiet and organized. The city is built around subdivisions rather than a single town center, so daily life tends to orbit your own neighborhood, the nearest grocery corridor, and whichever park or rec program your family uses. It doesn't feel urban. It also doesn't feel rural. Most streets have sidewalks, the lots are generous, and the tree canopy is genuinely mature because the subdivisions have had fifty years to grow in. If you want walkable bars and boutiques, you drive a few minutes into the neighboring city of Farmington, which acts as the area's downtown.

Farmington Hills, by the numbers

median sale price

$375K

avg days on market

price yoy

+1.6%

active listings

153

Prices swing a fair amount by pocket. A mid-century ranch near 9 Mile prices differently than a larger colonial up by 14 Mile, and school-district lines can move a number more than buyers expect. If you want a real read on what your specific home is worth, we'll pull recent comparable sales in your subdivision and walk you through them. No black-box estimate, just the actual closings near you.

Getting around

You're never far from a major road. I-275 runs along the western edge, I-96 crosses the southwest corner near 8 Mile, and I-696 begins right there at the Novi line and heads east toward the rest of Metro Detroit. M-5 follows Grand River through the south end of the city on its way toward downtown Detroit. Inside the city, the grid of mile roads (8 Mile through 14 Mile), Orchard Lake Road, and Northwestern Highway handle most local traffic. Downtown Detroit is roughly 23 miles southeast, usually about half an hour. The hospital, the office parks, and the freeway ramps are all close, which is a big part of why people pick the area.

Things to do in Farmington Hills

Heritage Park

211 acres, over four miles of trails, a splash pad, playground, and an amphitheater you can rent. The trails do double duty for cross-country skiing in winter.

The Hawk

The city's arts-and-rec hub, with a 766-seat mainstage theater, a smaller blackbox venue, pools, and a packed schedule of classes and camps.

Downtown Farmington, a few minutes away, for restaurants, the Saturday farmers market, and walkable shopping the Hills itself doesn't have.

The Costick Center for aquatics and community programs.

Easy day trips to Novi's shopping and dining just to the west.

Is Farmington Hills a good place to buy?

For a lot of buyers, yes. You get a safe, established suburb with strong parks and rec, a respected school district, and a short commute to a real job base, all for less than the newer-build suburbs further out. The honest tradeoff: the homes are older, so you're buying into 50-plus-year-old systems and finishes in many cases, and there's no walkable downtown of your own. You borrow Farmington's. If you want turnkey new construction or a true main-street lifestyle at your doorstep, look elsewhere. If you want space, stability, and location, the Hills delivers.

The homes

The housing stock is mostly suburban builds from the 1960s through the 1980s, which tracks with the city's growth after it incorporated in 1973. Expect colonials, ranches, and mid-century homes on established lots with grown-in landscaping. Newer construction exists in pockets, but this isn't a city of fresh subdivisions. It's a city of homes that have settled in. Lot sizes are generous compared to inner-ring suburbs, and many neighborhoods still have the original sidewalks and street trees.

Schools

One thing trips up newcomers. Farmington and Farmington Hills are two separate cities, but they share one school system, Farmington Public Schools, which serves most of Farmington Hills. The border between the two cities isn't obvious on the ground. Farmington proper is the older, denser, walkable core with locally run restaurants and shops along Grand River Avenue. Farmington Hills wraps around it and is almost entirely residential. Small slivers of Farmington Hills fall into the Clarenceville and Walled Lake Consolidated districts, so the district you're in depends on your exact address.

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