Rochester Hills, Michigan

Rochester Hills, Michigan
City
City of Rochester Hills
Autumn Sunrise at Spencer Park.
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Location within Oakland County
Rochester Hills Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 42°39′57″N 83°09′29″W / 42.66583°N 83.15806°W / 42.66583; -83.15806
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 [1]
• 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.