Farmington vs Rochester

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

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

Rochester has the higher population (12,939 vs 11,472 in Farmington). Rochester has the higher median household income ($104,920 vs $94,115 in Farmington). Rochester has the higher median home value ($450,800 vs $273,000 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Rochester
Population	11,472	12,939
Median age	39.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$94,115	$104,920
Median home value	$273,000	$450,800
Median gross rent	$1,299	$1,201
Housing units	5,434	5,936
Homeownership rate	64.5%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.8%	70.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Rochester
Population	10,563 → 11,472 (+8.6%)	13,162 → 12,939 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$76,102 → $94,115 (+23.7%)	$89,904 → $104,920 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$210,000 → $273,000 (+30.0%)	$366,100 → $450,800 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,053 → $1,299 (+23.4%)	$1,046 → $1,201 (+14.8%)

Farmington

Population

10,56311,472

Median household income

$76,102$94,115

Median home value

$210,000$273,000

Median gross rent

$1,053$1,299

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)

	Farmington	Rochester
Under 5	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	19.7%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.8%
75 and over	7.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	82.3%
Black or African American	8.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	19.9%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Rochester
No high school diploma	4.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	11.1%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	33.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Rochester
Drove alone	68.7%	69.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	1.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	25.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Rochester
1-unit, detached	55.9%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	26.9%	27.1%
20 or more units	6.2%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Rochester
Poverty rate	4.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1966	1982