Farmington Hills vs Rochester Hills

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

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

Farmington Hills has the higher population (83,316 vs 76,086 in Rochester Hills). Rochester Hills has the higher median household income ($119,054 vs $101,863 in Farmington Hills). Rochester Hills has the higher median home value ($377,400 vs $333,200 in Farmington Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington Hills	Rochester Hills
Population	83,316	76,086
Median age	41.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,863	$119,054
Median home value	$333,200	$377,400
Median gross rent	$1,475	$1,606
Housing units	37,615	30,568
Homeownership rate	64.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	60.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington Hills	Rochester Hills
Population	81,214 → 83,316 (+2.6%)	74,206 → 76,086 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$83,268 → $101,863 (+22.3%)	$93,953 → $119,054 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$257,300 → $333,200 (+29.5%)	$295,000 → $377,400 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $1,475 (+26.0%)	$1,287 → $1,606 (+24.8%)

Farmington Hills

Population

81,21483,316

Median household income

$83,268$101,863

Median home value

$257,300$333,200

Median gross rent

$1,171$1,475

Rochester Hills

Population

74,20676,086

Median household income

$93,953$119,054

Median home value

$295,000$377,400

Median gross rent

$1,287$1,606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington Hills	Rochester Hills
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.4%
75 and over	8.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington Hills	Rochester Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	73.3%
Black or African American	18.2%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	14.5%	13.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington Hills	Rochester Hills
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	13.6%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington Hills	Rochester Hills
Drove alone	72.3%	70.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.2%	20.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington Hills	Rochester Hills
1-unit, detached	55.5%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	11.4%
20 or more units	8.4%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Farmington Hills	Rochester Hills
Poverty rate	6.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1978	1983