What is the population of Rochester city?

Rochester city has 12,939 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #81 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Rochester city?

Median household income in Rochester city is $104,920 a year, 33.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rochester city?

Median gross rent is $1,201 a month and the median home value is $450,800, so rent absorbs about 13.7% of median household income.

Is Rochester city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rochester city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Rochester, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Rochester, Michigan (Rochester, MI — Census place “Rochester city”) is 12,939 residents, ranking #81 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $104,920, the median home is worth $450,800 and median gross rent runs $1,201 a month. Looking for the Rochester Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Rochester, MI: 48307.

Population: 12,939Rochester city residents
Median household income: $104,920Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $450,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,201Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.4%Owner-occupied households

Rochester ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rochester.

The Rochester MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

48307

What the numbers mean in Rochester city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Rochester city median would spend about 13.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4.4% of residents and 67.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Rochester city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Rochester city is a mid-size town in Michigan, with 12,939 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #81 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 39.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Rochester city earn a median of $104,920 a year, 33.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 70% above the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 4.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Rochester city is valued at $450,800, 48.6% above the national figure and 171% above the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,201 a month, 14.6% below the national figure, or roughly $14,412 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 67.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Rochester city?: Rochester city has 12,939 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #81 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Rochester city?: Median household income in Rochester city is $104,920 a year, 33.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rochester city?: Median gross rent is $1,201 a month and the median home value is $450,800, so rent absorbs about 13.7% of median household income.
Is Rochester city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rochester city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Rochester city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.