Northville vs Rockwood

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

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

Northville has the higher population (6,080 vs 3,189 in Rockwood). Northville has the higher median household income ($143,875 vs $85,391 in Rockwood). Northville has the higher median home value ($455,100 vs $180,000 in Rockwood).

Population, income & housing

	Northville	Rockwood
Population	6,080	3,189
Median age	46.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$143,875	$85,391
Median home value	$455,100	$180,000
Median gross rent	$1,443	$968
Housing units	2,766	1,318
Homeownership rate	80.9%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.4%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northville	Rockwood
Population	6,007 → 6,080 (+1.2%)	3,186 → 3,189 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$114,346 → $143,875 (+25.8%)	$76,313 → $85,391 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$331,400 → $455,100 (+37.3%)	$142,300 → $180,000 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,101 → $1,443 (+31.1%)	$876 → $968 (+10.5%)

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

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)

	Northville	Rockwood
Under 5	5.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	20.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	19.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.1%
75 and over	8.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northville	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northville	Rockwood
No high school diploma	1.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	7.6%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	30.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northville	Rockwood
Drove alone	58.3%	81.5%
Carpooled	2.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.8%	8.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northville	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	66.4%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	9.0%
20 or more units	9.6%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Northville	Rockwood
Poverty rate	3.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1970	1968