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Rochester, MN

122,404 Population
56.5 square miles 2,167 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 39 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$52,002 ±$3,532 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: $48,368 ±$2,240
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $46,530 ±$490
$85,240 ±$7,037 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: $85,213 ±$4,775
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $85,086 ±$768

9.1% ±3.3% (10,876  ±4,012) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 8.3% † 18,628 (±2% / ±4,591)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 520,602 (±0.3% / ±17,281)

17.4 minutes ±1.7 (950,550  ±102,348) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 20.4 2,065,920 (±1 / ±118,294)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 57,181,020 (±0.2 / ±607,855)

Families

51,184 ±1,489 Number of households
  • the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 92,141 ±1,630
  • Minnesota: 2,344,432 ±8,041
2.3 ±0.1 (119,185  ±68) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 2.4 224,788 (±0 / ±69)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 † 5,597,421 (±,237 / ±-555,555,600)

8.5% ±2.9% (2,630  ±892) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 7.1% † 3,694 (±1.8% / ±915)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,480 (±0.4% / ±4,671)

Housing

56,197 ±942 Number of housing units
  • the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 100,983 ±58
  • Minnesota: 2,574,932 ±884

$324,200 ±$18,408 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: $308,900 ±$11,768
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $328,600 ±$2,055

15.9% ±3.3% (19,101  ±3,913.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 11.3% † 25,433 (±1.8% / ±4,054.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 11.6% 659,433 (±0.4% / ±20,311.8)

Social

95.3% ±5% (81,183  ±4,493.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 95.1% 150,789 (±3.2% / ±5,177.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 94.3% 3,717,752 (±0.6% / ±25,630.8)
52.6% ±3.7% (44,813  ±3,278.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 42.8% 67,866 (±2.2% / ±3,564.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 40% 1,576,206 (±0.4% / ±16,230.7)

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

13.6% ±2% (16,652  ±2,457) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 8.4% † 19,172 (±20,297% / ±2,510)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% † 495,352 (±,835.9% / ±14,371)

5.7% ±1.1% (5,445  ±1,018) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 6.2% † 10,778 (±0.7% / ±1,288)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.7% 251,015 (±0.2% / ±6,521)
5,445 Total veterans ±1,018 5,003 Male ±928 442 Female ±286

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