Grosse Pointe vs Rockwood

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

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

Grosse Pointe has the higher population (5,561 vs 3,189 in Rockwood). Grosse Pointe has the higher median household income ($141,985 vs $85,391 in Rockwood). Grosse Pointe has the higher median home value ($391,800 vs $180,000 in Rockwood).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Pointe	Rockwood
Population	5,561	3,189
Median age	43.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$141,985	$85,391
Median home value	$391,800	$180,000
Median gross rent	$1,670	$968
Housing units	2,431	1,318
Homeownership rate	84.2%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Pointe	Rockwood
Population	5,206 → 5,561 (+6.8%)	3,186 → 3,189 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$106,932 → $141,985 (+32.8%)	$76,313 → $85,391 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$349,800 → $391,800 (+12.0%)	$142,300 → $180,000 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,670 (+43.6%)	$876 → $968 (+10.5%)

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

Rockwood

Population

3,1863,189

Median household income

$76,313$85,391

Median home value

$142,300$180,000

Median gross rent

$876$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grosse Pointe	Rockwood
Under 5	9.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	6.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	14.1%	11.1%
75 and over	9.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Pointe	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	85.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Pointe	Rockwood
No high school diploma	0.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	7.8%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	38.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Pointe	Rockwood
Drove alone	66.4%	81.5%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.2%	8.8%
Other means	2.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Pointe	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	68.4%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	15.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	9.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Pointe	Rockwood
Poverty rate	2.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1938	1968