Rockwood vs Village of Grosse Pointe Shores

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

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

Rockwood has the higher population (3,189 vs 2,589 in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores). Village of Grosse Pointe Shores has the higher median household income ($182,000 vs $85,391 in Rockwood). Village of Grosse Pointe Shores has the higher median home value ($671,600 vs $180,000 in Rockwood).

Population, income & housing

	Rockwood	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Population	3,189	2,589
Median age	42.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,391	$182,000
Median home value	$180,000	$671,600
Median gross rent	$968	—
Housing units	1,318	1,040
Homeownership rate	77.2%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	75.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockwood	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Population	3,186 → 3,189 (+0.1%)	2,767 → 2,589 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$76,313 → $85,391 (+11.9%)	$161,944 → $182,000 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$142,300 → $180,000 (+26.5%)	$523,100 → $671,600 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $968 (+10.5%)	—

Rockwood

Population

3,1863,189

Median household income

$76,313$85,391

Median home value

$142,300$180,000

Median gross rent

$876$968

Village of Grosse Pointe Shores

Population

2,7672,589

Median household income

$161,944$182,000

Median home value

$523,100$671,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockwood	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Under 5	5.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	20.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	4.6%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	14.8%
75 and over	7.3%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockwood	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockwood	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
No high school diploma	6.7%	2.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	39.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockwood	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Drove alone	81.5%	82.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.8%	12.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockwood	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
1-unit, detached	75.2%	99.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rockwood	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Poverty rate	10.2%	2.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1968	1962