Rochester Hills vs Royal Oak

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

Rochester Hills and Royal Oak 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 57,880 in Royal Oak). Rochester Hills has the higher median household income ($119,054 vs $95,182 in Royal Oak). Rochester Hills has the higher median home value ($377,400 vs $305,900 in Royal Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester Hills	Royal Oak
Population	76,086	57,880
Median age	40.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$119,054	$95,182
Median home value	$377,400	$305,900
Median gross rent	$1,606	$1,335
Housing units	30,568	31,227
Homeownership rate	77.4%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester Hills	Royal Oak
Population	74,206 → 76,086 (+2.5%)	59,195 → 57,880 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$93,953 → $119,054 (+26.7%)	$81,665 → $95,182 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$295,000 → $377,400 (+27.9%)	$224,600 → $305,900 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,606 (+24.8%)	$1,079 → $1,335 (+23.7%)

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

Royal Oak

Population

59,19557,880

Median household income

$81,665$95,182

Median home value

$224,600$305,900

Median gross rent

$1,079$1,335

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester Hills	Royal Oak
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	9.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	24.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.8%
75 and over	7.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester Hills	Royal Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	80.8%
Black or African American	3.4%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	13.4%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester Hills	Royal Oak
No high school diploma	3.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	14.5%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester Hills	Royal Oak
Drove alone	70.8%	69.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	3.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.4%	24.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester Hills	Royal Oak
1-unit, detached	66.5%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	12.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Rochester Hills	Royal Oak
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.55	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1983	1956