Grosse Pointe vs River Rouge

A side-by-side comparison of Grosse Pointe and River Rouge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

River Rouge has the higher population (7,092 vs 5,561 in Grosse Pointe). Grosse Pointe has the higher median household income ($141,985 vs $32,568 in River Rouge). Grosse Pointe has the higher median home value ($391,800 vs $55,900 in River Rouge).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Pointe	River Rouge
Population	5,561	7,092
Median age	43.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$141,985	$32,568
Median home value	$391,800	$55,900
Median gross rent	$1,670	$759
Housing units	2,431	3,462
Homeownership rate	84.2%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Pointe	River Rouge
Population	5,206 → 5,561 (+6.8%)	7,502 → 7,092 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$106,932 → $141,985 (+32.8%)	$25,517 → $32,568 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$349,800 → $391,800 (+12.0%)	$36,300 → $55,900 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,670 (+43.6%)	$585 → $759 (+29.7%)

Grosse Pointe

Population

5,2065,561

Median household income

$106,932$141,985

Median home value

$349,800$391,800

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,670

River Rouge

Population

7,5027,092

Median household income

$25,517$32,568

Median home value

$36,300$55,900

Median gross rent

$585$759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grosse Pointe	River Rouge
Under 5	9.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.7%	18.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	8.6%
75 and over	9.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Pointe	River Rouge
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	34.1%
Black or African American	3.0%	44.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Pointe	River Rouge
No high school diploma	0.6%	22.4%
High school graduate	7.8%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	38.5%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Pointe	River Rouge
Drove alone	66.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.2%	8.7%
Other means	2.2%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Pointe	River Rouge
1-unit, detached	68.4%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	15.1%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	10.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Pointe	River Rouge
Poverty rate	2.4%	40.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1938	1944