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Detroit vs Rochester Hills

Detroit, MI compared with Rochester Hills, MI · 20 miles apart

Detroit has 649,095 residents to Rochester Hills’s 77,539. Detroit comes out ahead on median rent, price to income. Rochester Hills does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Detroit, MI Rochester Hills, MI
Population 649,095 77,539
Density (per sq mi) 4,679 2,364
Median household income $39,938 $120,694
Median home value $83,900 $409,800
Median rent $1,074 $1,644
Homeownership 50.3% 76.7%
Average commute 24.8 min 24.3 min
Median age 35.2 41
Bachelor's degree + 18.1% 61.4%
Poverty rate 32.7% 5.2%
Unemployment 14% 4.1%
Price to income 2.1× 3.4×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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