Healthy Home Assessments in Rochester Hills

Rochester Hills at ground level

Large hillside suburb wrapping around Rochester, home to Oakland University, founded through Matilda Dodge Wilson's 1957 gift of the Meadow Brook estate. Worth knowing: Home of Meadow Brook Hall, the fourth-largest historic house museum in the United States. About 27,790 households hold some 73,424 residents. In June 2024 a mass shooting at the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad wounded numerous people, a widely reported tragedy.

Homes and households

Census five-year estimates through 2023 put 66.5% of housing units in detached single-family homes and 77.4% of occupied units with their owners. Bachelor's attainment among adults is 60.5%. With construction recorded from 1840, an older envelope behaves differently from new build. Also on the ground: Yates Cider Mill, the Stoney Creek and Winkler Mill historic districts, and the Paint Creek Trail.

Water at Stony Creek changes what humidity does, so moisture and condensation get the longest look. With 73,424 residents packed in, garages, combustion sources and exhaust routes are read together.

What stands in Rochester Hills:

• Meadow Brook Hall. 110-room, 88,000-square-foot mansion built 1926-29 by Dodge heiress Matilda Dodge Wilson; the fourth-largest historic house museum in the United States and a National Historic Landmark since 2012.
• Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm. Nationally registered 16-acre farmstead on Stony Creek with the 1840 farmhouse, 1888 Red House, and 1927 dairy barn gallery.
• International Velodrome at Bloomer Park. 200-meter wooden track opened June 1, 2002, funded entirely by donations; Michigan's only outdoor velodrome in use.
• Bloomer Park. Historic city park on the Clinton River housing the velodrome and trails.
• Meadow Brook estate grounds. Gardens and grounds of the Dodge-Wilson estate on Oakland University's campus, open for tours and events.

Across the community

Addresses fall in 48306, 48307 and 48309. Madonna spent her formative years here, and NASCAR Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski was born in the city.