Rochester, Michigan

Rochester population, 2020 to 2024

Rochester lost 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +108. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 66th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Rochester is 1.1 times that size.

Rochester covers 3.83 square miles of land, for 3,389 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Rochester is denser than the typical town.

What county Rochester is in

All of Rochester's residents live in Oakland County, which had 1,296,888 residents in 2024. Rochester holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rochester

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rochester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48307. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Rochester is

The Census internal point of Rochester is at 42.686600, -83.119700. Lansing, the capital, is 72.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rochester Hills, MI (78,330 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sterling Heights, MI, 8.6 miles away.

Daylight in Rochester

At 42.69° N, Rochester gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rochester

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Rochester Hills, 2.6 miles away, with 78,330 people.