Healthy Home Assessments in Rochester

Rochester, house by house

Walkable mill-town-turned-boutique downtown at the meeting of Paint Creek and the Clinton River, framed by Rochester Hills on three sides. Worth knowing: Home of the Big, Bright Light Show, draping downtown in more than one million holiday lights each season. Roughly 12,993 residents live across about 5,488 households. Early industry ran on water power from the Clinton River and Paint Creek.

What the numbers say

By the 2023 five-year American Community Survey, 51.0% of units are detached single-family homes and 67.4% of occupied units are owner-occupied. Some 70.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The building record here reaches back to 1896, and an older envelope moves air and holds moisture on its own terms. One landmark on the ground here: Yates Cider Mill (established 1863) and the Paint Creek Trail in the surrounding Rochester area.

Company Rochester River is close, and water nearby lifts seasonal humidity, so basement moisture and condensation lead the visit.

Ground that fixes Rochester on the map:

• The Big, Bright Light Show. Downtown Rochester's holiday display of more than a million lights covering the building facades nightly from late November into January, now past its 20th year.
• Western Knitting Mills. 1896 mill at 400 Water Street that made wool socks and WWI gloves, now renovated as home of the Rochester Mills Beer Company.
• Rochester River Walk. Downtown terminus of the Paint Creek Trail inside Municipal Park.
• Rochester Municipal Park. Central park where Paint Creek meanders past playgrounds, trails, a concert facility, and sand volleyball courts.
• Paint Creek Trail. 8.9-mile rail-trail ending at the Rochester River Walk.

Corners of the map

Mail runs through the 48306, 48307 and 48308 ZIP codes. The city seal features an oak leaf, a nod to Oakland County's meaning as the 'land of the oaks.'.