One downside of living in Rochester, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.15 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Rochester does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Rochester are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.68% of adults in Rochester have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Rochester in 2018 was $33,330, which is lower middle income relative to Washington, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,320 for a family of four. However, Rochester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rochester is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rochester home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rochester residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Rochester also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.70% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rochester include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Rochester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
