Roseville vs St. Clair Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Roseville and St. Clair Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Roseville and St. Clair Shores are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Clair Shores has the higher population (58,287 vs 47,240 in Roseville). St. Clair Shores has the higher median household income ($72,693 vs $61,222 in Roseville). St. Clair Shores has the higher median home value ($196,400 vs $142,700 in Roseville).

Population, income & housing

	Roseville	St. Clair Shores
Population	47,240	58,287
Median age	40.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,222	$72,693
Median home value	$142,700	$196,400
Median gross rent	$1,175	$1,143
Housing units	22,116	28,575
Homeownership rate	64.5%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roseville	St. Clair Shores
Population	47,400 → 47,240 (-0.3%)	59,528 → 58,287 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$47,648 → $61,222 (+28.5%)	$60,805 → $72,693 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $142,700 (+65.2%)	$135,800 → $196,400 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,175 (+20.0%)	$984 → $1,143 (+16.2%)

Roseville

Population

47,40047,240

Median household income

$47,648$61,222

Median home value

$86,400$142,700

Median gross rent

$979$1,175

St. Clair Shores

Population

59,52858,287

Median household income

$60,805$72,693

Median home value

$135,800$196,400

Median gross rent

$984$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roseville	St. Clair Shores
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	17.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.1%
75 and over	6.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roseville	St. Clair Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	88.2%
Black or African American	23.2%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roseville	St. Clair Shores
No high school diploma	10.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roseville	St. Clair Shores
Drove alone	78.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.7%	12.3%
Other means	1.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roseville	St. Clair Shores
1-unit, detached	73.8%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	3.6%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Roseville	St. Clair Shores
Poverty rate	11.8%	7.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1961	1957