THE ROCHESTER HILLS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Interlobate Dead Ice Moraines setting.
Rochester Hills city has 32.8 square miles of land in Oakland County. Its Census reference point is in Interlobate Dead Ice Moraines, within Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains.
Lakes, marshes and complex glacial deposits create a varied landscape around southern Michigan and northern Indiana. Moraines, beach ridges, dunes, kettles and meltwater channels occur across the region.
Regional context: Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Rochester Hills and Oakland County
Rochester Hills is associated with Oakland County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Rochester Hills by land and water
The Census records 0.1 square miles of water within Rochester Hills, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 4.1 percentage points lower than the 4.4% recorded for Oakland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Rochester Hills city has 8.6 times the land area of nearby Rochester city (3.83 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

