Berkley vs Rochester

A side-by-side comparison of Berkley and Rochester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Berkley has the higher population (15,084 vs 12,939 in Rochester). Berkley has the higher median household income ($113,103 vs $104,920 in Rochester). Rochester has the higher median home value ($450,800 vs $289,200 in Berkley).

Population, income & housing

	Berkley	Rochester
Population	15,084	12,939
Median age	37.7 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$113,103	$104,920
Median home value	$289,200	$450,800
Median gross rent	$1,436	$1,201
Housing units	7,068	5,936
Homeownership rate	85.7%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.1%	70.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkley	Rochester
Population	15,372 → 15,084 (-1.9%)	13,162 → 12,939 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$86,905 → $113,103 (+30.1%)	$89,904 → $104,920 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$199,200 → $289,200 (+45.2%)	$366,100 → $450,800 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,436 (+28.8%)	$1,046 → $1,201 (+14.8%)

Berkley

Population

15,37215,084

Median household income

$86,905$113,103

Median home value

$199,200$289,200

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,436

Rochester

Population

13,16212,939

Median household income

$89,904$104,920

Median home value

$366,100$450,800

Median gross rent

$1,046$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkley	Rochester
Under 5	6.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	22.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.8%
75 and over	4.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkley	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	82.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkley	Rochester
No high school diploma	1.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	14.0%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	33.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkley	Rochester
Drove alone	72.0%	69.5%
Carpooled	4.4%	1.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	25.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkley	Rochester
1-unit, detached	92.2%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	27.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Berkley	Rochester
Poverty rate	4.7%	4.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1949	1982