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Rochester city, Strafford County, NH

32,866 Population
45 square miles 730 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Strafford County: 37.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 43.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,144 ±$1,876 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Strafford County: $44,406 ±$1,147
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $50,867 ±$515
$79,388 ±$4,654 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Strafford County: $86,564 ±$4,627
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $95,628 ±$1,073

8.5% ±1.8% (2,734  ±594) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Strafford County: 8.8% † 10,821 (±0.9% / ±1,076)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 96,457 (±0.2% / ±3,080)

27 minutes ±1.8 (418,255  ±36,966) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Strafford County: 25.8 1,536,560 (±0.9 / ±64,146)
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 26.8 16,615,880 (±0.3 / ±208,159)

Families

13,822 ±409 Number of households
  • Strafford County: 51,684 ±445
  • New Hampshire: 551,186 ±2,292
2.4 ±0.1 (32,615  ±25) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Strafford County: 2.4 123,325 (±0 / ±250)
  • a little less than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,346,748

5.3% ±2.6% (362  ±181) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Strafford County: 4.1% † 1,355 (±1% / ±316)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 4.4% 13,224 (±0.3% / ±861)

Housing

14,613 ±393 Number of housing units
  • Strafford County: 56,162 ±116
  • New Hampshire: 644,253 ±255

$262,600 ±$10,127 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Strafford County: $332,400 ±$8,245
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Hampshire: $367,200 ±$2,362

9.4% ±1.9% (3,077  ±623.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Strafford County: 16.1% 21,079 (±1% / ±1,355)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 11.3% 154,971 (±0.3% / ±4,521.1)

Social

93.4% ±3.8% (22,327  ±1,089.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Strafford County: 94.7% 84,310 (±2.4% / ±2,143.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 94.1% 949,225 (±0.7% / ±6,911.3)
26.7% ±2.1% (6,384  ±534.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Strafford County: 38.5% 34,287 (±1.5% / ±1,297.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Hampshire: 39.8% 401,838 (±0.5% / ±4,590)

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

3.5% ±0.9% (1,133  ±306) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Strafford County: 4% 5,321
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.2% 86,095

9.7% ±1.4% (2,565  ±381) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Strafford County: 7.7% 8,239 (±0.7% / ±704)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 7.9% 89,294 (±0.2% / ±2,249)
2,565 Total veterans ±381 2,400 Male ±352 165 Female ±104

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