City safety & data profile

RochesterMN

Rochester, MN is a 112K-resident city in Olmsted County with a median household income of $89,389.

Olmsted County, Minnesota. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Rochester, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Rochester has a population larger than 94% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $310,500, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

112K
Population (place)
Top 6%
By size
$89,389
Median income (place)
$310,500
Median home (place)
8.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Rochester

Rochester posts a median household income higher than 60% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Rochester area.

Top 40%
by median income, US cities
3
hospitals in & near Rochester

Where Rochester income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$89,389 Top 40% higher than 60% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Rochester $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MN

Population among 97 MN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Minneapolis is the largest MN city on this list; Rogers leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MN

Median household income among the same 97-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Rogers posts the highest place-level median income in MN; Minneapolis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Rochester, MN beyond the headline numbers

Rochester sits inside Olmsted County, Minnesota, at roughly 44.02°N, -92.47°W. Population 112,225, $89,389 median household income. Median home value $310,500, median rent $1,399. Poverty rate 8.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

3 hospitals in/around Rochester, 4.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

At 8.5%, poverty in Rochester, MN runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Rochester costs roughly 3.5 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

14.7% of Rochester workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 30.4% in Rochester, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

3.7% of Rochester workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Rochester from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
112,225
Rochester · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$89,389
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$310,500
-25% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Olmsted County): Rochester's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
164K+13%
Median Income
$95,406+44%
Median Home Value
$331,700+94%
Poverty Rate
7.5%-6%
Unemployment
3.6%-16%

Economics

Economics indicators for Rochester, MN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,399/mo
Poverty Rate
8.5% -31% vs avg
Unemployment 3.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 50.9%
Work From Home 14.7%
Public Transit 3.7%

Population

White 72.9%
African American 9.8%
Asian 7.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
36.4%
Short Sleep Duration
30.4%
High Blood Pressure
29.1%
Physical Inactivity
21.6%
Binge Drinking
16%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.3%
Current Smoking
11.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.4%
Current Asthma
9.9%
Diabetes
9.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 69.6%
Annual Checkup 72.4%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.2%
Stroke
2.8%

Hospitals 3 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
4.5/5
Total Hospitals
3
With ER
2
MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL ROCHESTER
ROCHESTER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★
OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER
ROCHESTER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Rochester?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Rochester right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MN-ROCHESTER-MN · Rochester

Rochester: 1 tagged alert; lead category Defra air-quality advisory.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% uk-air-quality
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Rochester

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Rochester.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Rochester; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Minnesota state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Rochester, MN? ▼
Rochester, MN has a population of 112,225 people, located in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Rochester? ▼
The median household income in Rochester, MN is $89,389 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8.5%.
What is the median home value in Rochester? ▼
The median home value in Rochester, MN is $310,500. Median rent is $1,399/month.
What are the top health concerns in Rochester? ▼
The top health indicators in Rochester include Obesity (36.4%), Short Sleep Duration (30.4%), High Blood Pressure (29.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Rochester? ▼
Rochester has 3 hospitals with an average rating of 4.5/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Rochester? ▼
The median age in Rochester, MN is 36.3 years. 50.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Rochester, both outside Minnesota so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MN (8.5% here).

Miramar, FL 8.5% Sandy Springs, GA 8.5% Hillsboro, OR 8.5% Sparks, NV 8.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MN ($89,389 here).

Whitehall Township, PA $89,404 Whitehall, PA $89,404 Tallmadge, OH $89,410 Williamstown, NJ $89,414

Compare Rochester with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Red Wing, MN 16K Austin, MN 25K Owatonna, MN 26K Hastings, MN 23K Northfield, MN 20K Winona, MN 27K Faribault, MN 24K River Falls, WI 15K
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Using Rochester's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Rochester area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Rochester against Minnesota peers on any ranking lens. Explore Minnesota

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Olmsted County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.