AreaProfile

Roseville, Michigan

Area Profile

47,123 residents. Jobs, income, climate, physical risk, development and airport access for Roseville, in Macomb County.

63
Area Score
Top 49% of 1,482 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity1329th of 1,567 published cities40
Growth1029th of 1,503 published cities40
Housing affordabilityTop 32% of 1,876 published cities87
Climate1331st of 1,876 published cities63
Physical resilienceTop 25% of 1,849 published cities80
Access1388th of 1,876 published cities87
Economic stability981st of 1,876 published cities60
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable published city profiles: unemployment is 6.4% and the Opportunity signal places Roseville in the bottom 15%.

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published city profiles, placing Roseville in the top 25% for physical resilience.

Its Area Score of 63 places Roseville in the top 49% of published city profiles.

At a glance

Population
47,123
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$62,182
Bottom 43% nationally
Density
4,791/sq mi
9.8 sq mi of land
Median age
41.0
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Macomb County
Michigan
Metro area
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Nearest major airport
DTW
29 mi · Detroit Metro Wayne County
Median home value
$155,800
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 6.4% is lower than 7% of the 1,567 measured US cities.

Employment grew 1.2% over the past year, to 23,507 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$2,739$62,182Bottom 43%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,513$35,763Top 44%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate12.5%Top 44%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute27.4 minTop 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher15.5%Bottom 36%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment23,507Bottom 47%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-0.7%Bottom 37%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)1.2%Top 9%June 2026
Labor force25,123Bottom 48%June 2026
Labor force participation65.3%Top 33%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$69,210Top 48%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$52,080Top 43%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.6%Top 22%June 2026
Unemployment rate6.4%Top 7%June 2026
Unemployment rate
2021/062022/032022/122023/092024/062025/032026/012026/068.13.9
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 6.4% in June 2026.
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202462k52k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $62,182 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators55,100$49,240
Retail Salespersons48,610$35,130
Home Health and Personal Care Aides46,480$35,120
Registered Nurses44,310$97,280
Fast Food and Counter Workers42,430$29,590
Cashiers37,910$30,090

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,233 takes 24% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 2.5 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
23.8%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.5×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,233
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$155,800
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income2.51Bottom 38%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate65.6%Bottom 29%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±54722,172Top 3%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$54$1,233Top 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$2,804$155,800Bottom 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income23.8%Top 22%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate4.3%Bottom 25%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
40/ 100
Ranks 1029 of 1,503 published city profiles
Permitting is decreasing, measured from 2020 to 2025.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has fallen 1% since 2020, reaching 47,047 in 2024.

Permitting has turned downward after moving the other way the year before.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 0.2 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US cities.

Units permitted
11
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
0.2
Bottom 10% nationally
Year over year
+38%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings
Population, annual estimates
2020202120222023202448k47k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population.
Housing units permitted per year
202020212022202320242025121.0
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey. Permitting in 2025 was higher than 2020 (+450%).

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 84°F and January a low of 20°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 29.9 inches.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station DETROIT CITY AP, 7.8 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND3.5"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation29.9"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low20°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high84°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing48°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

80 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are tornado, strong wind and heat wave.

TornadoModerate
Strong windModerate
Ice stormModerate
Heat waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: cold wave, inland flooding, hail, lightning, winter weather, earthquake, hurricane, coastal flooding, wildfire, landslide.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 29 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Detroit Metro Wayne CountyDTW29 mi12,003 ft
Eugene F Kranz Toledo ExpressTOL78 mi10,600 ft
Capital Region IntlLAN86 mi8,506 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
DetroitWayne County638,53060vs Roseville
WarrenMacomb County137,92865vs Roseville
Sterling HeightsMacomb County133,57370vs Roseville
DearbornWayne County107,42362vs Roseville
LivoniaWayne County93,85178vs Roseville
TroyOakland County87,89877vs Roseville
WestlandWayne County83,63366vs Roseville
Farmington HillsOakland County83,51572vs Roseville
Rochester HillsOakland County77,08975vs Roseville
SouthfieldOakland County76,23669vs Roseville
NoviOakland County66,71776vs Roseville
PontiacOakland County62,10462vs Roseville

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

ZIP codes in Roseville

1 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
4806647,123$62,18262