Ecorse vs Flat Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Ecorse and Flat Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Flat Rock has the higher population (10,418 vs 9,170 in Ecorse). Flat Rock has the higher median household income ($73,288 vs $45,082 in Ecorse). Flat Rock has the higher median home value ($201,400 vs $59,400 in Ecorse).

Population, income & housing

	Ecorse	Flat Rock
Population	9,170	10,418
Median age	36.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,082	$73,288
Median home value	$59,400	$201,400
Median gross rent	$879	$1,006
Housing units	4,160	4,061
Homeownership rate	64.8%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ecorse	Flat Rock
Population	9,432 → 9,170 (-2.8%)	9,967 → 10,418 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$28,991 → $45,082 (+55.5%)	$57,080 → $73,288 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$42,100 → $59,400 (+41.1%)	$150,800 → $201,400 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $879 (+7.1%)	$829 → $1,006 (+21.4%)

Ecorse

Population

9,4329,170

Median household income

$28,991$45,082

Median home value

$42,100$59,400

Median gross rent

$821$879

Flat Rock

Population

9,96710,418

Median household income

$57,080$73,288

Median home value

$150,800$201,400

Median gross rent

$829$1,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ecorse	Flat Rock
Under 5	8.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.9%
75 and over	8.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ecorse	Flat Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	25.6%	76.5%
Black or African American	44.8%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.5%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ecorse	Flat Rock
No high school diploma	28.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	34.9%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ecorse	Flat Rock
Drove alone	76.1%	77.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	9.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ecorse	Flat Rock
1-unit, detached	73.9%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	8.8%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Ecorse	Flat Rock
Poverty rate	24.0%	12.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1954	1980