Flat Rock vs Woodhaven

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

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

Woodhaven has the higher population (12,761 vs 10,418 in Flat Rock). Woodhaven has the higher median household income ($83,291 vs $73,288 in Flat Rock). Woodhaven has the higher median home value ($221,200 vs $201,400 in Flat Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Woodhaven
Population	10,418	12,761
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,288	$83,291
Median home value	$201,400	$221,200
Median gross rent	$1,006	$1,015
Housing units	4,061	5,451
Homeownership rate	79.7%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Woodhaven
Population	9,967 → 10,418 (+4.5%)	12,518 → 12,761 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$57,080 → $73,288 (+28.4%)	$64,501 → $83,291 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $201,400 (+33.6%)	$159,800 → $221,200 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,006 (+21.4%)	$844 → $1,015 (+20.3%)

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

Woodhaven

Population

12,51812,761

Median household income

$64,501$83,291

Median home value

$159,800$221,200

Median gross rent

$844$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Rock	Woodhaven
Under 5	6.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	15.0%
75 and over	4.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Woodhaven
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	78.4%
Black or African American	6.5%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Woodhaven
No high school diploma	8.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	34.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Woodhaven
Drove alone	77.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.8%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Woodhaven
1-unit, detached	64.5%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	20.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Woodhaven
Poverty rate	12.5%	12.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1980	1979