City safety & data profile
RochesterNH
Rochester, NH is a 30K-resident city in Strafford County with a median household income of $80,836.
Strafford County, New Hampshire. 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 63% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $279,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-04
- 30K
- Population (place)
- Top 37%
- By size
- $80,836
- Median income (place)
- $279,100
- Median home (place)
- 8.3%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Rochester
Rochester posts a median household income higher than 50% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Rochester area.
- Top 50%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Rochester
Where Rochester income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$80,836 Top 50% higher than 50% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in NH
Population among 15 NH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Manchester
Manchester, NH
110,229 residents
- Nashua
Nashua, NH
87,970 residents
- Concord 43,976
Concord, NH
43,976 residents
- Derry Village 34,539
Derry Village, NH
34,539 residents
- Dover 30,880
Dover, NH
30,880 residents
- Rochester 30,038
Rochester, NH
30,038 residents
- Keene 23,265
Keene, NH
23,265 residents
- Derry 22,015
Derry, NH
22,015 residents
- Portsmouth 21,530
Portsmouth, NH
21,530 residents
- Laconia 16,227
Laconia, NH
16,227 residents
What this shows Manchester is the largest NH city on this list; Londonderry leads median income.
Highest median incomes in NH
Median household income among the same 15-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Londonderry
Londonderry, NH
$119,571 median
- Durham
Durham, NH
$112,070 median
- Portsmouth
Portsmouth, NH
$106,219 median
- Lebanon
Lebanon, NH
$98,147 median
- Nashua
Nashua, NH
$96,326 median
- Dover
Dover, NH
$94,829 median
- Derry
Derry, NH
$91,673 median
- Derry Village
Derry Village, NH
$91,673 median
- Concord
Concord, NH
$84,902 median
- Manchester
Manchester, NH
$81,007 median
What this shows Londonderry posts the highest place-level median income in NH; Manchester is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Rochester, NH beyond the headline numbers
Rochester sits inside Strafford County, New Hampshire, at roughly 43.30°N, -70.98°W. Population 30,038, $80,836 median household income. Median home value $279,100, median rent $1,369. Poverty rate 8.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Rochester, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
At 8.3%, poverty in Rochester, NH 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.
Remote work covers 11.8% of Rochester workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 31.3% in Rochester, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.
At 43 years, Rochester's median age is in the oldest quarter 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.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Strafford 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.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 8.3% -33% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 2.7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 27.1% |
| Work From Home | 11.8% |
| Public Transit | 1.1% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
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 NH-ROCHESTER-NH · 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
- Air Quality
Air Quality
1
What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Rochester.
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 New Hampshire 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.
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Rochester, both outside New Hampshire so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NH (8.3% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NH ($80,836 here).
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.
Nearby Cities 8
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 New Hampshire peers on any ranking lens. Explore New Hampshire
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 (Strafford 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.