Flat Rock vs Highland Park

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

Flat Rock and Highland Park 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 8,798 in Highland Park). Flat Rock has the higher median household income ($73,288 vs $27,582 in Highland Park). Flat Rock has the higher median home value ($201,400 vs $75,800 in Highland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Highland Park
Population	10,418	8,798
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,288	$27,582
Median home value	$201,400	$75,800
Median gross rent	$1,006	$691
Housing units	4,061	5,693
Homeownership rate	79.7%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	17.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Highland Park
Population	9,967 → 10,418 (+4.5%)	10,867 → 8,798 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$57,080 → $73,288 (+28.4%)	$18,474 → $27,582 (+49.3%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $201,400 (+33.6%)	$45,700 → $75,800 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,006 (+21.4%)	$596 → $691 (+15.9%)

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

Highland Park

Population

10,8678,798

Median household income

$18,474$27,582

Median home value

$45,700$75,800

Median gross rent

$596$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Rock	Highland Park
Under 5	6.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.4%
75 and over	4.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Highland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	9.2%
Black or African American	6.5%	85.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Highland Park
No high school diploma	8.6%	16.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Highland Park
Drove alone	77.4%	64.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	12.3%
Walked	1.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.8%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Highland Park
1-unit, detached	64.5%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	21.1%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Highland Park
Poverty rate	12.5%	41.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1980	1948