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Rochester, NY

207,287 Population
35.8 square miles 5,796.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 41.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,647 ±$1,918 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: $42,950 ±$947
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
$46,882 ±$4,321 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: $76,453 ±$1,802
  • about half the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653

29.1% ±3% (58,097  ±6,071) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 13% 132,588 (±0.9% / ±9,191)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)

18.9 minutes ±1 (1,663,850  ±125,378) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 20.8 9,491,105 (±0.4 / ±276,221)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)

Families

96,205 ±3,685 Number of households
  • the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 449,215 ±3,824
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
2.1 ±0.1 (197,333  ±296) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 2.3 1,009,379 (±0 / ±1,506)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964

4.5% ±1.5% (2,654  ±892) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 5% † 12,022 (±0.9% / ±2,119)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)

Housing

108,892 ±3,701 Number of housing units
  • the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 484,702 ±682
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743

$164,300 ±$9,921 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: $234,100 ±$3,920
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718

17.5% ±2.3% (35,710  ±4,740.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 12.2% 128,038 (±0.8% / ±8,152.7)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)

Social

86% ±4% (123,123  ±6,517.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 92.3% 693,737 (±1.6% / ±12,321.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
31.5% ±2.5% (45,033  ±3,791.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 38.9% 292,573 (±1% / ±7,691.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)

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

9.7% ±1.6% (20,045  ±3,322) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 7.3% 77,111
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382

3.8% ±0.9% (6,287  ±1,490) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 5.5% 46,404 (±0.4% / ±3,187)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
6,287 Total veterans ±1,490 5,049 Male ±1,159 1,238 Female ±799

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