Rochester is a somewhat small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 6,212 people and three associated neighborhoods, Rochester is the 111th largest community in Indiana.When you are in Rochester, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.40% of Rochester’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Rochester is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rochester who work in office and administrative support (10.09%), management occupations (9.65%), and maintenance occupations (7.75%). 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. Being a small city, Rochester does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Rochester overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Rochester, 21.71% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Rochester in 2022 was $33,346, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,384 for a family of four. However, Rochester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rochester is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. 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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rochester include German, English, Irish, Scandinavian, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Rochester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Arabic.
