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Rochester, WA

5,834 Population
8.5 square miles 689.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±9.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 40 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,271 ±$5,372 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: $46,136 ±$865
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$99,286 ±$23,527 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: $96,563 ±$1,945
  • about the same as the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.3% ±9.4% (951  ±575) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 9.6% 28,156 (±0.7% / ±1,944)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32 minutes ±4.2 (74,555  ±18,898) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 25.8 2,861,030 (±0.4 / ±82,006)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,022 ±355 Number of households
  • the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 118,899 ±801
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (5,829  ±1,082) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 2.5 294,765 (±0 / ±83)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,122 ±360 Number of housing units
  • the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 125,163 ±92
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$445,300 ±$24,800 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: $480,300 ±$4,565
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±3% (438  ±192.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 14.6% 43,214 (±0.8% / ±2,474.3)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.7% ±21.2% (3,751  ±552.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 94.7% 202,844 (±1.6% / ±3,429.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.5% ±4.8% (725  ±239.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 38.5% 82,458 (±1% / ±2,025.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.4% ±4.1% (491  ±256) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 8.3% 24,715
  • about half the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±3.6% (435  ±181) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 12.6% 28,932 (±0.5% / ±1,112)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
435 Total veterans ±181 435 Male ±181 N/A Female ±19

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