Rochester Hills, MI (Michigan) Houses and Residents

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Rochester Hills Apartments for Rent

Total population: 69,337 (All urban)

Rochester Hills, Michigan Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 27,272 (26,321 occupied: 20,845 owner occupied, 5,476 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	21%
State:	26%

Housing density: 830 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this county: $226,089.

Median contract rent in 2007: $860 (lower quartile is $688, upper quartile is $1,106)

Housing units in Rochester Hills with a mortgage: 15,568 (885 second mortgage, 2,941 home equity loan, 34 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,050

Rochester Hills,MI index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $267,900 (it was $215,100 in 2000)

Rochester Hills:	$267,900
Michigan:	$153,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $186,800 - $366,800

Median year house/condo built: 1981

Median year apartment built: 1983

Household type by relationship

Households: 68,050

In family households: 59,667 (16,128 male householders, 2,992 female householders)
16,836 spouses, 21,745 children (20,342 natural, 646 adopted, 757 stepchildren), 364 grandchildren, 325 brothers or sisters, 315 parents, 449 other relatives, 513 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 8,383 (3,083 male householders (2,503 living alone)), 4,160 female householders (3,787 living alone)), 1,140 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 790 (281 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 7,920 2-persons, 4,249 3-persons, 4,521 4-persons, 1,803 5-persons, 477 6-persons, 150 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,290 1-person, 821 2-persons, 84 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 28 5-persons.

15,316 married couples with children.
2,004 single-parent households (435 men, 1,569 women).

85.9% of residents of Rochester Hills speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
7.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 8,368 (12.2%)
(47.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.0
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.8
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rochester Hills, Michigan:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 41 3 rooms: 251 4 rooms: 1,466 5 rooms: 3,486 6 rooms: 3,616 7 rooms: 2,848 8 rooms: 3,696 9 or more rooms: 5,441

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rochester Hills, Michigan:
	1 room: 264 2 rooms: 759 3 rooms: 1,160 4 rooms: 1,635 5 rooms: 1,100 6 rooms: 350 7 rooms: 103 8 rooms: 49 9 or more rooms: 56

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 431
1995 to 1998: 1,987
1990 to 1994: 2,964
1980 to 1989: 8,733
1970 to 1979: 6,653
1960 to 1969: 2,566
1950 to 1959: 2,280
1940 to 1949: 924
1939 or earlier: 734

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Rochester Hills:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 162 2 bedrooms: 3,528 3 bedrooms: 8,467 4 bedrooms: 8,170 5 or more bedrooms: 518

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rochester Hills:
	no bedroom: 264 1 bedroom: 1,795 2 bedrooms: 2,668 3 bedrooms: 617 4 bedrooms: 101 5 or more bedrooms: 31

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Rochester Hills in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 424 1 vehicle: 4,353 2 vehicles: 11,402 3 vehicles: 3,432 4 vehicles: 907 5 or more vehicles: 327

Cars and other vehicles available in Rochester Hills in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 701 1 vehicle: 2,779 2 vehicles: 1,755 3 vehicles: 188 4 vehicles: 33 5 or more vehicles: 20

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Rochester Hills, MI:

Less than $10,000: 138
$10,000 to $14,999: 158
$15,000 to $19,999: 213
$20,000 to $24,999: 126
$25,000 to $29,999: 127
$30,000 to $34,999: 123
$35,000 to $39,999: 83
$40,000 to $49,999: 103
$50,000 to $59,999: 128
$60,000 to $69,999: 137
$70,000 to $79,999: 142
$80,000 to $89,999: 137
$90,000 to $99,999: 124
$100,000 to $124,999: 578
$125,000 to $149,999: 965
$150,000 to $174,999: 1570
$175,000 to $199,999: 1772
$200,000 to $249,999: 3535
$250,000 to $299,999: 3440
$300,000 to $399,999: 5298
$400,000 to $499,999: 2309
$500,000 to $749,999: 1033
$750,000 to $999,999: 342
$1,000,000 or more: 204

Rochester Hills rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Rochester Hills:

Less than $100: 28 people
$100 to $149: 58
$150 to $199: 67
$200 to $249: 67
$250 to $299: 97
$300 to $349: 69
$350 to $399: 107
$400 to $449: 79
$450 to $499: 104
$500 to $549: 163
$550 to $599: 191
$600 to $649: 150
$650 to $699: 289
$700 to $749: 411
$750 to $799: 587
$800 to $899: 780
$900 to $999: 657
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,057
$1,250 to $1,499: 545
$1,500 to $1,999: 259
$2,000 or more: 260
No cash rent: 228

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 2,270 1990 to 1994: 1,373 1985 to 1989: 911 1980 to 1984: 737 1975 to 1979: 613 1970 to 1974: 654 1970 to 1974: 454 1965 to 1969: 1,356

Rochester Hills, MI Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 73.4%
Number of people working at home: 1,136 (3.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 668
5 to 9 minutes: 2545
10 to 14 minutes: 4252
15 to 19 minutes: 4994
20 to 24 minutes: 5518
25 to 29 minutes: 2373
30 to 34 minutes: 5070
35 to 39 minutes: 1336
40 to 44 minutes: 1889
45 to 59 minutes: 3614
60 to 89 minutes: 1764
90 or more minutes: 515

Rochester Hills mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 32,236 (90%)
Carpooled: 1,799 (5%)
Bus or trolley bus: 26 (0%)
Railroad: 8 (0%)
Ferryboat: 4 (0%)
Bicycle: 71 (0%)
Walked: 301 (1%)
Other means: 93 (0%)
Worked at home: 1,136 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 823
$10,000 to $14,999: 866
$15,000 to $19,999: 834
$20,000 to $24,999: 845
$25,000 to $29,999: 838
$30,000 to $34,999: 913
$35,000 to $39,999: 952
$40,000 to $44,999: 1118
$45,000 to $49,999: 983
$50,000 to $59,999: 1996
$60,000 to $74,999: 3029
$75,000 to $99,999: 4251
$100,000 to $124,999: 3204
$125,000 to $149,999: 1882
$150,000 to $199,999: 2128
$200,000 or more: 1701

First ancestries reported:

German: 10259

Other groups: 8264

Polish: 6263

English: 5912

Irish: 5766

Italian: 5020

United States or American: 2625

French (except Basque): 1772

Scottish: 1445

Arab:: 958

French Canadian: 894

Dutch: 820

Scotch-Irish: 762

Swedish: 652

Norwegian: 568

Ukrainian: 527

Lebanese: 521

Canadian: 518

European: 507

Russian: 401

British: 357

Belgian: 354

Greek: 340

Finnish: 323

Romanian: 314

Albanian: 302

Hungarian: 301

Welsh: 287

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 256

Austrian: 252

Swiss: 243

Danish: 239

Croatian: 236

Slovak: 225

Czechoslovakian: 183

Czech: 151

Lithuanian: 141

Subsaharan African:: 129

Yugoslavian: 122

Iraqi: 119

Arab/Arabic: 101

Serbian: 96

Syrian: 83

Macedonian: 80

Armenian: 75

Egyptian: 68

Maltese: 68

Iranian: 59

Scandinavian: 56

Turkish: 52

Jordanian: 49

African: 48

Slovene: 42

Eastern European: 40

Slavic: 33

South African: 33

Bulgarian: 31

Icelander: 24

Northern European: 20

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 20

Kenyan: 17

Haitian: 17

Other Subsaharan African: 17

Other Arab: 17

Brazilian: 15

Nigerian: 14

Latvian: 13

Estonian: 10

Israeli: 7

Portuguese: 7

Australian: 6

Celtic: 5

Guyanese: 4

Jamaican: 3

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

India (15%)
Canada (14%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
United Kingdom (6%)
Germany (5%)
Korea (4%)
Iraq (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 44379
Northeast: 3731
Midwest: 6727
South: 3843
West: 1344

60% of Rochester Hills residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Michigan.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 95
Nursery to 4th grade: 19
5th and 6th grade: 66
7th and 8th grade: 245
9th grade: 121
10th grade: 209
11th grade: 298
12th grade, no diploma: 369
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,176
Less than 1 year of college: 1,297
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,914
Associate degree: 1,237
Bachelor's degree: 6,798
Master's degree: 3,706
Professional school degree: 959
Doctorate degree: 515

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 101
Nursery to 4th grade: 77
5th and 6th grade: 66
7th and 8th grade: 364
9th grade: 163
10th grade: 385
11th grade: 313
12th grade, no diploma: 486
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,310
Less than 1 year of college: 1,836
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,326
Associate degree: 1,974
Bachelor's degree: 6,350
Master's degree: 2,930
Professional school degree: 478
Doctorate degree: 195

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 4.2%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 3.2%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.8%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 2.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 4.3%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 6.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 2.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 3.7%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $78,731
Black householders: $83,101
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $31,832
Asian householders: $84,593
Some other race householders: $35,499
Two or more races householders: $120,565
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $79,168

Rochester Hills household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Rochester Hills household income for Black householders

Rochester Hills household income for Asian householders

Rochester Hills household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Rochester Hills marital status for males

Rochester Hills marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $277,739
Black or African American householders: $349,727
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $117,073
Asian householders: $325,066
Some other race householders: $175,112
Two or more races householders: $283,966
Hispanic or Latino householders: $233,525

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 18,052
One, attached: 2,508
Two: 70
3 or 4: 861
5 to 9: 2,247
10 to 19: 1,136
20 to 49: 159
50 or more: 805
Mobile homes: 1,425
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9

Median worth of mobile homes: $21,100

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Rochester Hills:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (97%) Electricity (3%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (80%) Electricity (17%) Other fuel (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,290

Here:	15.1%
Michigan:	11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 671

Here:	15.9%
Michigan:	8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 749

Here:	21.3%
Michigan:	16.5%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

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Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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