Rochester Hills vs Southfield

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

Rochester Hills and Southfield 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 76,025 in Southfield). Rochester Hills has the higher median household income ($119,054 vs $65,848 in Southfield). Rochester Hills has the higher median home value ($377,400 vs $226,900 in Southfield).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester Hills	Southfield
Population	76,086	76,025
Median age	40.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,054	$65,848
Median home value	$377,400	$226,900
Median gross rent	$1,606	$1,301
Housing units	30,568	38,014
Homeownership rate	77.4%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester Hills	Southfield
Population	74,206 → 76,086 (+2.5%)	73,174 → 76,025 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$93,953 → $119,054 (+26.7%)	$55,705 → $65,848 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$295,000 → $377,400 (+27.9%)	$155,700 → $226,900 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,606 (+24.8%)	$1,125 → $1,301 (+15.6%)

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

Southfield

Population

73,17476,025

Median household income

$55,705$65,848

Median home value

$155,700$226,900

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,301

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester Hills	Southfield
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.7%
75 and over	7.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester Hills	Southfield
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	25.6%
Black or African American	3.4%	63.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	13.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester Hills	Southfield
No high school diploma	3.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	14.5%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester Hills	Southfield
Drove alone	70.8%	73.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.3%	1.6%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	15.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester Hills	Southfield
1-unit, detached	66.5%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	15.6%
20 or more units	4.9%	23.4%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Rochester Hills	Southfield
Poverty rate	4.9%	11.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1983	1969