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Grand Rapids vs Rochester Hills

Grand Rapids, MI compared with Rochester Hills, MI · 128 miles apart

Grand Rapids has 201,183 residents to Rochester Hills’s 77,539. Grand Rapids comes out ahead on median rent, average commute. Rochester Hills does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Grand Rapids, MI Rochester Hills, MI
Population 201,183 77,539
Density (per sq mi) 4,493 2,364
Median household income $69,108 $120,694
Median home value $244,500 $409,800
Median rent $1,266 $1,644
Homeownership 54% 76.7%
Average commute 19 min 24.3 min
Median age 32.3 41
Bachelor's degree + 41.6% 61.4%
Poverty rate 16.9% 5.2%
Unemployment 5.2% 4.1%
Price to income 3.5× 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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