Rochester Hills, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Rochester Hills city is a small city in Michigan, with 76,086 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #14 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 40.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Rochester Hills city earn a median of $119,054 a year, 51.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 93% above the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 4.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Rochester Hills city is valued at $377,400, 24.4% above the national figure and 127% above the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,606 a month, 14.2% above the national figure, or roughly $19,272 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.2% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 77.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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.