Rochester Hills, Michigan | |
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City of Rochester Hills | |
Coordinates: 42°39′57″N 83°09′29″W / 42.66583°N 83.15806°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
County | Oakland |
Settled | 1817 |
Organized | 1835 (Avon Township) |
Incorporated | 1984 (City of Rochester Hills) |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–council |
• Mayor | Bryan K. Barnett (R) |
• Clerk | Leanne Scott |
Area | |
• City | 32.90 sq mi (85.22 km2) |
• Land | 32.80 sq mi (84.96 km2) |
• Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.25 km2) |
Elevation | 820 ft (250 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• City | 76,300 |
• Density | 2,325.94/sq mi (898.06/km2) |
• Metro | 4,296,250 (Metro Detroit) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code(s) | 48306–48309 |
Area code(s) | 248 and 947 |
FIPS code | 26-69035[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1675440[3] |
Website | Official website |
Rochester Hills is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 76,300.[4] It is the 14th-largest city in Michigan.[5] It has also ranked as the safest city in Michigan for the past seven years.[6]
The area was first settled by European Americans in 1817, and organized as Avon Township in 1835. The City of Rochester incorporated in 1967, while the remaining area of Avon Township was incorporated and renamed the City of Rochester Hills in 1984. Considered a northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Rochester Hills is about 12 miles (19.3 km) north of Detroit.