Rochester Hills vs Troy

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

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

Troy has the higher population (87,307 vs 76,086 in Rochester Hills). Troy has the higher median household income ($119,299 vs $119,054 in Rochester Hills). Troy has the higher median home value ($396,800 vs $377,400 in Rochester Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester Hills	Troy
Population	76,086	87,307
Median age	40.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$119,054	$119,299
Median home value	$377,400	$396,800
Median gross rent	$1,606	$1,557
Housing units	30,568	34,997
Homeownership rate	77.4%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	64.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester Hills	Troy
Population	74,206 → 76,086 (+2.5%)	83,989 → 87,307 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$93,953 → $119,054 (+26.7%)	$101,882 → $119,299 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$295,000 → $377,400 (+27.9%)	$301,500 → $396,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,606 (+24.8%)	$1,215 → $1,557 (+28.1%)

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

Troy

Population

83,98987,307

Median household income

$101,882$119,299

Median home value

$301,500$396,800

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester Hills	Troy
Under 5	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.9%
75 and over	7.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester Hills	Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	62.6%
Black or African American	3.4%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	13.4%	26.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester Hills	Troy
No high school diploma	3.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	14.5%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester Hills	Troy
Drove alone	70.8%	71.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.4%	20.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester Hills	Troy
1-unit, detached	66.5%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	11.3%
20 or more units	4.9%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Rochester Hills	Troy
Poverty rate	4.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1983	1977