Northville vs River Rouge

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

Northville 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 6,080 in Northville). Northville has the higher median household income ($143,875 vs $32,568 in River Rouge). Northville has the higher median home value ($455,100 vs $55,900 in River Rouge).

Population, income & housing

	Northville	River Rouge
Population	6,080	7,092
Median age	46.1 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$143,875	$32,568
Median home value	$455,100	$55,900
Median gross rent	$1,443	$759
Housing units	2,766	3,462
Homeownership rate	80.9%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northville	River Rouge
Population	6,007 → 6,080 (+1.2%)	7,502 → 7,092 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$114,346 → $143,875 (+25.8%)	$25,517 → $32,568 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$331,400 → $455,100 (+37.3%)	$36,300 → $55,900 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,101 → $1,443 (+31.1%)	$585 → $759 (+29.7%)

Northville

Population

6,0076,080

Median household income

$114,346$143,875

Median home value

$331,400$455,100

Median gross rent

$1,101$1,443

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)

	Northville	River Rouge
Under 5	5.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	18.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	19.8%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.6%
75 and over	8.7%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northville	River Rouge
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	34.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	44.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	5.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northville	River Rouge
No high school diploma	1.7%	22.4%
High school graduate	7.6%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	30.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northville	River Rouge
Drove alone	58.3%	78.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.8%	8.7%
Other means	0.9%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northville	River Rouge
1-unit, detached	66.4%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	10.6%
20 or more units	9.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Northville	River Rouge
Poverty rate	3.4%	40.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1970	1944