Hazel Park vs Rochester

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

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

Hazel Park has the higher population (14,945 vs 12,939 in Rochester). Rochester has the higher median household income ($104,920 vs $62,878 in Hazel Park). Rochester has the higher median home value ($450,800 vs $141,200 in Hazel Park).

Population, income & housing

	Hazel Park	Rochester
Population	14,945	12,939
Median age	36.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,878	$104,920
Median home value	$141,200	$450,800
Median gross rent	$1,221	$1,201
Housing units	7,149	5,936
Homeownership rate	61.6%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	70.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazel Park	Rochester
Population	16,525 → 14,945 (-9.6%)	13,162 → 12,939 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$38,903 → $62,878 (+61.6%)	$89,904 → $104,920 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $141,200 (+91.8%)	$366,100 → $450,800 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,221 (+24.8%)	$1,046 → $1,201 (+14.8%)

Hazel Park

Population

16,52514,945

Median household income

$38,903$62,878

Median home value

$73,600$141,200

Median gross rent

$978$1,221

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)

	Hazel Park	Rochester
Under 5	3.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	20.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.8%
75 and over	3.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazel Park	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	82.3%
Black or African American	9.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.6%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazel Park	Rochester
No high school diploma	9.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	35.5%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	33.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazel Park	Rochester
Drove alone	77.1%	69.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	1.4%
Public transit	2.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	25.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazel Park	Rochester
1-unit, detached	86.4%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	27.1%
20 or more units	8.6%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Hazel Park	Rochester
Poverty rate	13.6%	4.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1956	1982