Flat Rock vs Plymouth

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

Flat Rock and Plymouth 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 9,234 in Plymouth). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($111,742 vs $73,288 in Flat Rock). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($418,200 vs $201,400 in Flat Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Plymouth
Population	10,418	9,234
Median age	38.3 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,288	$111,742
Median home value	$201,400	$418,200
Median gross rent	$1,006	$1,118
Housing units	4,061	4,333
Homeownership rate	79.7%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	63.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Plymouth
Population	9,967 → 10,418 (+4.5%)	9,124 → 9,234 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$57,080 → $73,288 (+28.4%)	$83,073 → $111,742 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $201,400 (+33.6%)	$309,300 → $418,200 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,006 (+21.4%)	$871 → $1,118 (+28.4%)

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

Plymouth

Population

9,1249,234

Median household income

$83,073$111,742

Median home value

$309,300$418,200

Median gross rent

$871$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Rock	Plymouth
Under 5	6.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	15.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.3%
75 and over	4.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	89.5%
Black or African American	6.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Plymouth
No high school diploma	8.6%	2.3%
High school graduate	34.8%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Plymouth
Drove alone	77.4%	67.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.8%	23.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	64.5%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	13.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Plymouth
Poverty rate	12.5%	3.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1980	1960