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Rochester city, Strafford County, NH

33,144 Population
45 square miles 736.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Strafford County: 38.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 43.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,462 ±$2,244 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Strafford County: $46,304 ±$1,232
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $52,798 ±$540
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,836 ±$3,248 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Strafford County: $88,570 ±$4,424
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $99,031 ±$1,123
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.3% ±1.8% (2,693  ±587) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Strafford County: 8.7% † 10,732 (±0.9% / ±1,117)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 7.3% 98,248 (±0.3% / ±3,704)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.1 minutes ±1.6 (412,010  ±34,807) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Strafford County: 26 1,554,490 (±1 / ±71,832)
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 26.7 16,302,015 (±0.2 / ±193,854)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,932 ±467 Number of households
  • Strafford County: 52,080 ±479
  • New Hampshire: 555,822 ±2,236
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (32,867  ±48) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Strafford County: 2.4 124,329 (±0 / ±396)
  • a little less than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,353,835
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±2% (355  ±141) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Strafford County: 4.2% † 1,369 (±0.9% / ±288)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 4.6% 13,865 (±0.3% / ±851)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,698 ±469 Number of housing units
  • Strafford County: 56,609 ±132
  • New Hampshire: 648,472 ±247
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$279,100 ±$10,241 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Strafford County: $362,800 ±$7,889
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Hampshire: $402,500 ±$2,808
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.1% ±2% (3,331  ±660.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Strafford County: 15.4% 20,223 (±1.2% / ±1,546.2)
  • a little less than the rate in New Hampshire: 10.7% 147,877 (±0.4% / ±4,807)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.5% ±3.9% (22,676  ±1,142.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Strafford County: 94.7% 85,357 (±2.4% / ±2,174.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 94.4% 962,216 (±0.7% / ±7,083.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.1% ±2.1% (6,581  ±535.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Strafford County: 39.3% 35,390 (±1.5% / ±1,330)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Hampshire: 40.7% 414,276 (±0.5% / ±4,552.3)
  • about three-quarters of 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

3.5% ±1% (1,142  ±317) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Strafford County: 4.4% 5,809
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.1% 85,632
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±1.4% (2,564  ±378) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Strafford County: 7.3% 7,932 (±0.6% / ±663)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 7.6% 86,727 (±0.2% / ±1,890)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,564 Total veterans ±378 2,444 Male ±388 120 Female ±75

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