Rochester Hills

Population & Demographics

Rochester Hills, MI

Rochester Hills is home to 77,089 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 32,853 resident workers commute each day.

MichiganCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2021
Based on 2021 Census LODES data — the most recent available for Michigan.
77,089
people
Population

77,089 residents

Median age 41.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Rochester Hills population & demographics

Who lives in Rochester Hills — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
77,089
Median age
41.0yrs
Median household income
$120,694
Median home value
$409,800
Median gross rent
$1,644/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
61.4%
Poverty rate
5.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Rochester Hills

How Rochester Hills breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White71.3%
Asian14.5%
Two or more races5.1%
Hispanic or Latino5.1%
Black3.5%
Some other race0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Rochester Hills

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Rochester Hills.

Rochester Hills at a glance
Employed Residents
32,853
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
8.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
23.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Troy
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Rochester Hills proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Rochester Hills commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

59 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Rochester Hills

32,853 commutes, one dot at a time

Rochester Hills

Where 32,853 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Rochester Hills, by worker count.

1Troy5.7 mi4,136
2Auburn Hills4.4 mi3,147
3Rochester Hills0.0 mi2,669
4Detroit19.2 mi2,532
5Warren13.7 mi2,186
6Southfield13.5 mi1,347
7Sterling Heights8.6 mi1,262
8Rochester2.1 mi1,125

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Rochester Hills.

1Rochester Hills0.0 mi2,669
2Sterling Heights8.6 mi1,330
3Detroit19.2 mi884
4Troy5.7 mi864
5Warren13.7 mi796
6Pontiac7.0 mi619
7Auburn Hills4.4 mi570
8Royal Oak10.9 mi468

Top industries

The sectors that employ Rochester Hills’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing19.8%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance18.2%
RTRetail Trade17.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.5%
WSWholesale Trade6.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.9%
COConstruction3.6%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)2.9%
Connectivity

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