Rochester is a relatively large city located in the state of New York. With a population of 209,352 people and 148 associated neighborhoods, Rochester is the eighth largest community in New York. Rochester has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Rochester is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rochester is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rochester who work in office and administrative support (11.65%), sales jobs (8.87%), and teaching (8.15%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.71% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. A lot of people in Rochester take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Rochester, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.In terms of college education, Rochester is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.38% of adults in Rochester have a college degree. The per capita income in Rochester in 2022 was $28,611, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,444 for a family of four. However, Rochester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rochester is an extremely 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. Rochester also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.70% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rochester include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Rochester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
