Rochester vs Wixom

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

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

Wixom has the higher population (17,126 vs 12,939 in Rochester). Rochester has the higher median household income ($104,920 vs $68,319 in Wixom). Rochester has the higher median home value ($450,800 vs $336,200 in Wixom).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester	Wixom
Population	12,939	17,126
Median age	39.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,920	$68,319
Median home value	$450,800	$336,200
Median gross rent	$1,201	$974
Housing units	5,936	8,743
Homeownership rate	67.4%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.2%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester	Wixom
Population	13,162 → 12,939 (-1.7%)	13,902 → 17,126 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$89,904 → $104,920 (+16.7%)	$53,259 → $68,319 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$366,100 → $450,800 (+23.1%)	$249,300 → $336,200 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,046 → $1,201 (+14.8%)	$745 → $974 (+30.7%)

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

Wixom

Population

13,90217,126

Median household income

$53,259$68,319

Median home value

$249,300$336,200

Median gross rent

$745$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester	Wixom
Under 5	5.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	9.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	21.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.7%
75 and over	5.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester	Wixom
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	73.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.3%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester	Wixom
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	7.0%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.6%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester	Wixom
Drove alone	69.5%	76.8%
Carpooled	1.4%	6.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	25.0%	12.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester	Wixom
1-unit, detached	51.0%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	27.1%	22.6%
20 or more units	7.2%	27.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Rochester	Wixom
Poverty rate	4.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.31	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1982	1985