Roseville vs Sterling Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Roseville and Sterling Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sterling Heights has the higher population (133,473 vs 47,240 in Roseville). Sterling Heights has the higher median household income ($78,429 vs $61,222 in Roseville). Sterling Heights has the higher median home value ($260,700 vs $142,700 in Roseville).

Population, income & housing

	Roseville	Sterling Heights
Population	47,240	133,473
Median age	40.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,222	$78,429
Median home value	$142,700	$260,700
Median gross rent	$1,175	$1,267
Housing units	22,116	53,255
Homeownership rate	64.5%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roseville	Sterling Heights
Population	47,400 → 47,240 (-0.3%)	132,476 → 133,473 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$47,648 → $61,222 (+28.5%)	$64,833 → $78,429 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $142,700 (+65.2%)	$187,600 → $260,700 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,175 (+20.0%)	$1,025 → $1,267 (+23.6%)

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

Sterling Heights

Population

132,476133,473

Median household income

$64,833$78,429

Median home value

$187,600$260,700

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roseville	Sterling Heights
Under 5	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	17.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.7%
75 and over	6.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roseville	Sterling Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	78.2%
Black or African American	23.2%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roseville	Sterling Heights
No high school diploma	10.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	34.9%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roseville	Sterling Heights
Drove alone	78.3%	74.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.7%	13.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roseville	Sterling Heights
1-unit, detached	73.8%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	3.6%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Roseville	Sterling Heights
Poverty rate	11.8%	10.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1961	1977