Flat Rock vs Riverview

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

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

Riverview has the higher population (12,269 vs 10,418 in Flat Rock). Flat Rock has the higher median household income ($73,288 vs $71,783 in Riverview). Flat Rock has the higher median home value ($201,400 vs $200,500 in Riverview).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Riverview
Population	10,418	12,269
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,288	$71,783
Median home value	$201,400	$200,500
Median gross rent	$1,006	$1,050
Housing units	4,061	5,333
Homeownership rate	79.7%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Riverview
Population	9,967 → 10,418 (+4.5%)	12,137 → 12,269 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$57,080 → $73,288 (+28.4%)	$58,246 → $71,783 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $201,400 (+33.6%)	$149,400 → $200,500 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,006 (+21.4%)	$795 → $1,050 (+32.1%)

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

Riverview

Population

12,13712,269

Median household income

$58,246$71,783

Median home value

$149,400$200,500

Median gross rent

$795$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Rock	Riverview
Under 5	6.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.9%
75 and over	4.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	76.8%
Black or African American	6.5%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Riverview
No high school diploma	8.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	34.8%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Riverview
Drove alone	77.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	11.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Riverview
1-unit, detached	64.5%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Riverview
Poverty rate	12.5%	8.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1980	1969