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Rochester, NH
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Rochester profile


Living in Rochester



Rochester is a medium-sized city located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 32,869 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Rochester is the sixth largest community in New Hampshire.

Also of interest is that Rochester has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.73% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The citizens of Rochester are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.38% of adults in Rochester having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Rochester in 2018 was $36,475, which is lower middle income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,900 for a family of four. However, Rochester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Rochester include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Rochester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.