Plymouth vs River Rouge

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (9,234 vs 7,092 in River Rouge). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($111,742 vs $32,568 in River Rouge). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($418,200 vs $55,900 in River Rouge).

Population, income & housing

	Plymouth	River Rouge
Population	9,234	7,092
Median age	44.1 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$111,742	$32,568
Median home value	$418,200	$55,900
Median gross rent	$1,118	$759
Housing units	4,333	3,462
Homeownership rate	70.3%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.2%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plymouth	River Rouge
Population	9,124 → 9,234 (+1.2%)	7,502 → 7,092 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$83,073 → $111,742 (+34.5%)	$25,517 → $32,568 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$309,300 → $418,200 (+35.2%)	$36,300 → $55,900 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$871 → $1,118 (+28.4%)	$585 → $759 (+29.7%)

Plymouth

Population

9,1249,234

Median household income

$83,073$111,742

Median home value

$309,300$418,200

Median gross rent

$871$1,118

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)

	Plymouth	River Rouge
Under 5	4.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	18.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.6%
75 and over	7.6%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plymouth	River Rouge
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	34.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	44.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plymouth	River Rouge
No high school diploma	2.3%	22.4%
High school graduate	14.0%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plymouth	River Rouge
Drove alone	67.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	8.7%
Other means	2.6%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plymouth	River Rouge
1-unit, detached	62.4%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	10.6%
20 or more units	7.7%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Plymouth	River Rouge
Poverty rate	3.1%	40.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1960	1944