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Rochester, MN
123,624 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2754880 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Rochester ranked #16 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Rochester and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Springfield IL, Palm Bay FL, Rio Rancho NM, League City TX, Ann Arbor MI, Warren MI, Burbank CA, Lansing MI, Everett WA, Santa Clara CA, Hillsboro OR, Vallejo CA, Renton WA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #16 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #200 | #49 | #57 | #95 | #32 | #37 | #33 | #79 | #70 | #92 | #49 | #54 | #34 | #78 | #32 | #163 | #38 | #26 | #16 | #6 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 98,976 | 100,900 | 102,614 | 104,399 | 106,086 | 107,047 | 108,097 | 108,916 | 110,427 | 111,198 | 112,160 | 114,051 | 115,586 | 117,047 | 118,935 | 121,575 | 121,845 | 121,979 | 122,658 | 123,624 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #176 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | +0.0 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | — | -0.3 | -0.4 | +0.2 | -0.4 | -0.4 | +0.1 | -0.1 | +0.2 | +0.3 | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #39 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 9 in its peer group with data | 9.8 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 8.9 | 6.5 | 9.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #44 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 14.8% | 13.1% | 15.0% | 13.1% | 14.9% | 15.2% | 14.8% | 14.5% | 15.3% | 16.5% | 15.6% | 16.8% | 15.6% | 16.7% | 16.6% | — | 18.4% | 18.3% | 20.3% | 20.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #120 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | 2.0 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.8 | — | 1.8 | 0.9 | — | 0.9 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 4.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #35 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.8 | 19.7 | 25.4 | 29.5 | 22.0 | 17.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 69,304 | 75,458 | 77,303 | 75,989 | 77,113 | 77,908 | 89,755 | 82,856 | 84,689 | 83,573 | 85,572 | 88,843 | 89,312 | 88,852 | 91,134 | 87,608 | 95,835 | 100,083 | 102,000 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #158 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 11 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -2.5 | +1.8 | +0.4 | -0.7 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +3.4 | -2.1 | +0.2 | -0.6 | -0.5 | +0.6 | +0.0 | -0.1 | +1.1 | -0.5 | +2.1 | +0.6 | -0.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58,156 | 60,008 | 58,587 | 57,555 | 58,283 | 60,229 | 62,322 | 63,353 | 64,589 | — | 65,139 | 63,242 | 66,118 | 69,071 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #11 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.4% | 2.8% | 5.2% | 5.9% | 4.3% | 5.3% | 3.2% | 2.2% | 2.5% | — | 4.2% | 4.3% | 3.1% | 2.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #12 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 21% | 23% | 36% | 37% | 33% | 21% | 31% | 27% | 29% | 21% | 30% | 37% | 27% | 15% | 27% | 25% | 33% | 37% | 40% | 46% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #135 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $20,476 | $19,282 | $18,943 | $19,465 | $23,851 | $23,827 | $23,390 | $26,173 | $27,488 | $24,044 | $30,035 | $29,304 | $28,899 | $28,821 | $29,787 | $28,592 | $27,495 | $3,117 | $2,482 | $2,324 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Rochester. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.