Flat Rock vs Grosse Pointe Farms

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

Flat Rock and Grosse Pointe Farms 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 9,957 in Grosse Pointe Farms). Grosse Pointe Farms has the higher median household income ($160,589 vs $73,288 in Flat Rock). Grosse Pointe Farms has the higher median home value ($418,600 vs $201,400 in Flat Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Farms
Population	10,418	9,957
Median age	38.3 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,288	$160,589
Median home value	$201,400	$418,600
Median gross rent	$1,006	$1,500
Housing units	4,061	4,289
Homeownership rate	79.7%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	78.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Farms
Population	9,967 → 10,418 (+4.5%)	9,168 → 9,957 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$57,080 → $73,288 (+28.4%)	$143,711 → $160,589 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $201,400 (+33.6%)	$355,400 → $418,600 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,006 (+21.4%)	$1,418 → $1,500 (+5.8%)

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

Grosse Pointe Farms

Population

9,1689,957

Median household income

$143,711$160,589

Median home value

$355,400$418,600

Median gross rent

$1,418$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Farms
Under 5	6.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	5.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	20.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.0%
75 and over	4.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Farms
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	89.8%
Black or African American	6.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Farms
No high school diploma	8.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	34.8%	5.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	42.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Farms
Drove alone	77.4%	71.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	22.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Farms
1-unit, detached	64.5%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Farms
Poverty rate	12.5%	2.6%
Average household size	2.72	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1980	1947