Rochester MI Homes & Real Estate

Rochester is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 12,711 at the 2010 census. It is a northern suburb in Metro Detroit located 20 miles north of the city of Detroit.

Rochester was the first European settlement in Oakland County when it was founded in 1818. It became part of the Avon Township in 1835 and incorporated as an autonomous city in 1967. It is mostly surrounded by the city of Rochester Hills and also borders Shelby Township to the east.

The city has the following neighborhoods:

The first settlers in what would become Rochester, the Graham family, built a log cabin in 1817. The cabin was located on present-day 3rd St., just west of Main. The city was named for Rochester, New York, just like Rochester, Minnesota, as many early settlers to the area were formerly from the state of New York.

The city became an industrial center with abundant water power from the Clinton River and Paint Creek. The interconnected waterways are no longer used for travel or local industry, but provide natural beauty, some fishing, and a healthy portion of the Clinton Watershed. Historically, past industries formerly located in Rochester included a refinery for sugar beets, a paper products company, and the Western Knitting Mills factory, which was later adapted and utilized during World War II for incendiary production—businesses that no longer exist in the area. Rochester was served by two railroads as well as the Detroit United Railway, an interurban to Royal Oak and Detroit.

Chapman Mill Pond, east of downtown, disappeared into the Paint Creek when the dam broke during the flood of 1946. The reclaimed land is the site of the current post office, Rochester Hills library, and Olde Towne Road. Water Street, formerly situated at the edge of the large pond, remains by its name a reminder of the pond's former existence.

Michigan became the 26th state in 1837, and the Village of Rochester was formed on April 12, 1869, within the boundaries of Avon Township. By 1895, Rochester's population was 900. The village became the city of Rochester in 1967, breaking away from Avon Township. Avon Township became the City of Rochester Hills in 1984, following a long court battle, where the city of Rochester annexed 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) of Avon Township's land. It more than doubled the city of Rochester's size.

This list includes people from the area (Rochester Hills, Rochester, and Oakland Township) (48306, 48307, 48309, 48363)

 

Included below are homes for sale and real estate in Rochester, MI.

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Rochester December 11, 2023
19
Listed
112
Avg. DOM
$326.30
Avg. $ / Sq.Ft.
$674,900
Med. List Price
19 Properties
Page 1 of 2
$284,800
Neighborhood: Parkdale Forest Condo
2
Beds
2
Baths
1,623
Sq.Ft.
2005
Year Built
25
Days on Site
20230097132
MLS
4
Beds
1F11/2
Baths
1,088
Sq.Ft.
1950
Year Built
26
Days on Site
20230097770
MLS
$724,900
Neighborhood: Oakdale Subdivision
4
Beds
2F21/2
Baths
2,309
Sq.Ft.
1922
Year Built
38
Days on Site
58050127001
MLS
$1,099,000
Neighborhood: Brentwood Heights
4
Beds
3F11/2
Baths
2,920
Sq.Ft.
2023
Year Built
39
Days on Site
20230094144
MLS
$549,000
Neighborhood: Stony Creek Ridge 2
4
Beds
2F11/2
Baths
3,130
Sq.Ft.
2000
Year Built
50
Days on Site
58050125819
MLS
$359,000
Neighborhood: C O Renshaw Add - Rochester
4
Beds
3
Baths
1,670
Sq.Ft.
1946
Year Built
54
Days on Site
58050125526
MLS
$425,000
Neighborhood: Albertson Add
3
Beds
1
Baths
1,146
Sq.Ft.
1915
Year Built
61
Days on Site
20230071871
MLS
$284,900
Neighborhood: Parkdale Forest Condo
2
Beds
2
Baths
1,623
Sq.Ft.
2005
Year Built
61
Days on Site
58050124894
MLS
$1,299,999
Neighborhood: Suprvrs Plat No 4 - Vlg Of Roch
5
Beds
4F11/2
Baths
3,027
Sq.Ft.
2016
Year Built
63
Days on Site
20230086383
MLS
$149,900
Neighborhood: Hills Of Rochester Occpn 977
1
Beds
1
Baths
611
Sq.Ft.
1966
Year Built
64
Days on Site
20230085137
MLS
4
Beds
4
Baths
2,300
Sq.Ft.
2023
Year Built
67
Days on Site
20230085545
MLS
$259,000
Neighborhood: Boulder Ridge Condos Of Rochester Occpn 1470
2
Beds
2
Baths
1,338
Sq.Ft.
2003
Year Built
68
Days on Site
20230085243
MLS