Despite being a small city, Harper Woods has a lot of people using taxis to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on taxis are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The percentage of people in Harper Woods who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.37% of adults in Harper Woods have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Harper Woods in 2022 was $28,334, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,336 for a family of four. However, Harper Woods contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Harper Woods is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Harper Woods home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harper Woods residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Harper Woods include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Harper Woods is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Spanish.
