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Rochester, MN

123,616 Population
56.5 square miles 2,188.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,597 ±$3,443 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: $52,551 ±$2,167
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $47,926 ±$416
$90,020 ±$5,275 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: $90,584 ±$3,820
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $87,117 ±$961

6.4% ±1.5% (7,830  ±1,859) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 6.2% † 14,038 (±1% / ±2,170)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 529,398 (±0.4% / ±20,956)

16.5 minutes ±1.1 (959,300  ±80,137) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 19.7 2,116,755 (±0.8 / ±101,172)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 58,271,408 (±0.2 / ±682,002)

Families

51,882 ±1,485 Number of households
  • the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 94,844 ±1,835
  • Minnesota: 2,363,442 ±7,555
2.3 ±0.1 (120,857  ±78) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 2.4 226,774 (±0.1 / ±64)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,652,394

4.2% ±1.7% (1,268  ±523) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 5.4% † 2,856 (±1.3% / ±675)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 5.4% 71,371 (±0.3% / ±4,293)

Housing

56,179 ±1,155 Number of housing units
  • the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 102,003 ±67
  • Minnesota: 2,597,229 ±753

$326,100 ±$14,921 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: $320,600 ±$9,583
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $344,600 ±$1,807

12.8% ±2.5% (15,618  ±2,993.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 10.2% † 23,230 (±1.5% / ±3,307.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 11.3% 646,983 (±0.4% / ±19,804.1)

Social

95.8% ±4.8% (81,583  ±4,490.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 95.7% 152,171 (±3.1% / ±5,192.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 94.2% 3,751,387 (±0.7% / ±28,879.9)
53.5% ±3.5% (45,565  ±3,142.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 44.5% 70,726 (±2.1% / ±3,490.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 40% 1,594,192 (±0.5% / ±18,101.4)

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

10.1% ±1.6% (12,503  ±1,978) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 6.8% 15,745
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9% 523,549

5.4% ±1.1% (5,244  ±1,057) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 6.1% † 10,910 (±0.7% / ±1,278)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.5% 247,009 (±0.1% / ±6,351)
5,244 Total veterans ±1,057 5,000 Male ±997 244 Female ±231

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