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Rochester, NY
207,282 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3663000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Rochester ranked #295 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 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: Syracuse NY, Buffalo NY, Springfield MA, Dayton OH, Pittsburgh PA, Hartford CT, Cincinnati OH, Knoxville TN, Toledo OH, Cleveland OH, Baton Rouge LA, Akron OH, Grand Rapids MI · 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 | #295 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #328 | #319 | #334 | #333 | #245 | #314 | #316 | #315 | #338 | #332 | #312 | #333 | #306 | #314 | #319 | #215 | #328 | #329 | #295 | #288 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 214,891 | 213,605 | 212,641 | 211,872 | 211,252 | 210,217 | 210,491 | 210,329 | 210,179 | 209,329 | 208,561 | 207,659 | 206,410 | 206,004 | 205,695 | 210,892 | 210,285 | 208,203 | 207,235 | 207,282 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #186 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.2 | — | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.8 | -0.5 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #159 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 11 in its peer group with data | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | — | — | — | 2.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 1.3 | — | 2.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #281 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 29.5% | 29.3% | 27.2% | 27.3% | 26.9% | 30.7% | 30.3% | 28.6% | 30.2% | 31.2% | 29.7% | 29.3% | 29.8% | 28.7% | 27.0% | — | 26.0% | 28.5% | 25.7% | 27.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #288 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data | 24.7 | 22.9 | 23.5 | 19.8 | 13.3 | 19.5 | 14.7 | 17.1 | 20.0 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 20.7 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 16.0 | 22.8 | 35.7 | 36.5 | 23.6 | 22.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #229 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 200.3 | 202.7 | 138.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 164,123 | 162,816 | 152,316 | 146,041 | 149,019 | 149,600 | 143,063 | 147,420 | 140,857 | 141,716 | 146,805 | 149,412 | 152,174 | 154,015 | 154,062 | 145,247 | 143,912 | 145,022 | 150,003 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #116 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -3.8 | +0.1 | -4.8 | -3.1 | +2.5 | +0.8 | -5.6 | +2.3 | -3.2 | -0.6 | +2.1 | +0.5 | +1.9 | +0.1 | -0.6 | +2.9 | -1.6 | -1.6 | +0.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 85,461 | 88,955 | 87,167 | 86,402 | 88,154 | 92,841 | 93,241 | 89,579 | 96,689 | — | 94,246 | 95,720 | 99,236 | 100,012 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #169 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.2% | 13.8% | 13.9% | 14.2% | 14.0% | 9.8% | 9.6% | 10.1% | 6.0% | — | 11.0% | 7.2% | 7.8% | 4.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #270 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 13% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 11% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 4% | -0% | 0% | 2% | -1% | -4% | 4% | 7% | -0% | 0% | 0% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #106 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | $1,716 | $2,169 | $1,851 | $1,961 | $1,735 | $2,184 | $1,926 | $2,451 | $3,984 | $2,118 | $1,841 | $4,367 | $1,623 | $1,543 | $1,670 | $1,333 | $1,401 | $772 | $986 | $1,921 |
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.