Rochester

Population & Demographics

Rochester, NH

Rochester is home to 33,144 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 17,239 resident workers commute each day.

New HampshireCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
33,144
people
Population

33,144 residents

Median age 43.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Rochester population & demographics

Who lives in Rochester — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
33,144
Median age
43.0yrs
Median household income
$80,836
Median home value
$279,100
Median gross rent
$1,369/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
27.1%
Poverty rate
8.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Rochester

How Rochester breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White91.1%
Two or more races4.0%
Hispanic or Latino2.2%
Asian1.4%
Black1.1%
Some other race0.1%

Race across Rochester

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Rochester.

Rochester at a glance
Employed Residents
17,239
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
19.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
19.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Portsmouth
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Rochester proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Rochester commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

54 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Rochester

17,239 commutes, one dot at a time

Rochester

Where 17,239 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Rochester, by worker count.

1Rochester0.0 mi3,299
2Portsmouth19.2 mi2,325
3Dover9.0 mi2,084
4Somersworth6.0 mi821
5Manchester32.7 mi587
6Concord29.5 mi498
7Nashua46.1 mi261
8Durham11.6 mi260

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Rochester.

1Rochester0.0 mi3,299
2Dover9.0 mi768
3Somersworth6.0 mi489
4Farmington7.8 mi315
5Manchester32.7 mi205
6Portsmouth19.2 mi169
7Sanford13.9 mi163
8Concord29.5 mi148

Top industries

The sectors that employ Rochester’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade24.2%
MFManufacturing17.0%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.8%
EDEducational Services5.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.1%
PAPublic Administration4.3%
COConstruction4.0%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)4.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Rochester

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Rochester

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).