Novi vs Rochester Hills

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

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

Rochester Hills has the higher population (76,086 vs 66,224 in Novi). Rochester Hills has the higher median household income ($119,054 vs $110,938 in Novi). Novi has the higher median home value ($399,100 vs $377,400 in Rochester Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Novi	Rochester Hills
Population	66,224	76,086
Median age	39.9 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$110,938	$119,054
Median home value	$399,100	$377,400
Median gross rent	$1,696	$1,606
Housing units	27,934	30,568
Homeownership rate	68.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.2%	60.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Novi	Rochester Hills
Population	60,014 → 66,224 (+10.3%)	74,206 → 76,086 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$98,020 → $110,938 (+13.2%)	$93,953 → $119,054 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$322,100 → $399,100 (+23.9%)	$295,000 → $377,400 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,696 (+25.9%)	$1,287 → $1,606 (+24.8%)

Novi

Population

60,01466,224

Median household income

$98,020$110,938

Median home value

$322,100$399,100

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,696

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)

	Novi	Rochester Hills
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.4%
75 and over	6.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Novi	Rochester Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	73.3%
Black or African American	8.3%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	25.5%	13.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Novi	Rochester Hills
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	13.0%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Novi	Rochester Hills
Drove alone	73.5%	70.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.7%	20.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Novi	Rochester Hills
1-unit, detached	50.6%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	11.4%
20 or more units	11.3%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Novi	Rochester Hills
Poverty rate	4.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1992	1983