Flat Rock vs Grosse Pointe Park

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

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

Grosse Pointe Park has the higher population (11,394 vs 10,418 in Flat Rock). Grosse Pointe Park has the higher median household income ($121,796 vs $73,288 in Flat Rock). Grosse Pointe Park has the higher median home value ($460,500 vs $201,400 in Flat Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Park
Population	10,418	11,394
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,288	$121,796
Median home value	$201,400	$460,500
Median gross rent	$1,006	$1,365
Housing units	4,061	4,817
Homeownership rate	79.7%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Park
Population	9,967 → 10,418 (+4.5%)	11,153 → 11,394 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$57,080 → $73,288 (+28.4%)	$115,341 → $121,796 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $201,400 (+33.6%)	$358,400 → $460,500 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,006 (+21.4%)	$1,110 → $1,365 (+23.0%)

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 Park

Population

11,15311,394

Median household income

$115,341$121,796

Median home value

$358,400$460,500

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,365

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Park
Under 5	6.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.2%
75 and over	4.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Park
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	83.9%
Black or African American	6.5%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.6%
Two or more races	5.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Park
No high school diploma	8.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	34.8%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	33.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Park
Drove alone	77.4%	69.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.8%	24.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Park
1-unit, detached	64.5%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Grosse Pointe Park
Poverty rate	12.5%	5.3%
Average household size	2.72	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1980	1938