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Rochester, NY

207,264 Population
35.8 square miles 5,795.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 41.1 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$30,311 ±$1,826 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: $40,746 ±$806
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$48,618 ±$3,296 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: $73,294 ±$2,157
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

25.5% ±3% (50,586  ±5,905) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 12.1% 123,483 (±0.8% / ±8,342)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

19.4 minutes ±0.9 (1,705,895  ±117,960) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 21.1 9,419,995 (±0.4 / ±236,201)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)

Families

91,471 ±2,902 Number of households
  • the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 446,704 ±3,400
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.2 ±0.1 (197,711  ±348) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 2.3 1,010,275 (±0 / ±940)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 † 18,954,246 (±71.1 / ±-555,555,600)

2% ±0.9% (1,120  ±498) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 4.7% † 11,130 (±0.9% / ±2,078)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

104,759 ±2,597 Number of housing units
  • the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 482,443 ±471
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$133,200 ±$9,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: $207,100 ±$4,433
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

20.4% ±2.6% (42,018  ±5,375.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 12.9% 134,120 (±0.8% / ±8,480.8)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

85.4% ±3.7% (121,059  ±6,152.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 92.1% 687,150 (±1.6% / ±12,308.4)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
29.3% ±2.3% (41,547  ±3,473.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 38.5% 287,300 (±1% / ±7,683.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

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

7.9% ±1.3% (16,335  ±2,765) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 6.6% † 68,887 (±3,457.5% / ±4,913)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 23.1% † 4,517,996 (±,655.3% / ±40,543)

3.4% ±0.9% (5,587  ±1,505) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Rochester, NY Metro Area: 5.3% 44,931 (±0.4% / ±2,995)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
5,587 Total veterans ±1,505 4,945 Male ±1,403 642 Female ±511

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