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Rochester city, New Hampshire: commercial real estate data.
Rochester city is a Census city of 33,144 people across 45.02 square miles of land, in Strafford County. Median household income is $80,836, 66.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 68 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $20.5 m.
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Rochester
What Rochester is
- Census place typecity
- Land area45.02 sq mi
- Water area0.42 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land736
- County holding the largest share of its areaStrafford County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rochester
How many people live in Rochester
- Population33,144
- Median age43.0
- Population under 186,029
- Share under 1818.2 percent
- Population 65 and over6,487
- Share 65 and over19.6 percent
- Households13,932
- Family households8,375
- Share of households that are families60.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rochester
Income and work in Rochester
- Median household income$80,836
- Per capita income$42,462
- Civilian labor force18,600
- Employed18,096
- Unemployed504 plus or minus 243
- Unemployment rate2.7 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over24,265
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rochester
Housing in Rochester
- Housing units14,698
- Occupied units13,932
- Vacant units766 plus or minus 243
- Vacancy rate5.2 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Owner occupied9,192
- Renter occupied4,740
- Ownership rate66.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$279,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,369
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.3 percent
- Single family units7,961
- Share single family54.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,429
- Share in buildings of two or more30.1 percent
- Mobile homes2,308
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rochester
How Rochester gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute15,804
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,430
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more5,962
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.7 percent
- Drove alone78.0 percent
- Carpooled6.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home11.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rochester
SBA loans in Rochester (7(a))
- Approvals68
- Gross approval$20,509,200
- Average approval$301,606
- Median approval$90,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$750,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported692
- Jobs per approval10.2
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Paid in full9
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans18.2 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more2.9 percent
- Share to franchises1.5 percent
- Distinct lenders25
- Distinct industries by NAICS43
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Rochester
SBA loans in Rochester (504)
- Approvals29
- Gross approval$14,576,000
- Average approval$502,621
- Median approval$222,000
- Largest approval$4,373,000
- Jobs supported281
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Strafford County, not Rochester
Strafford County context, not Rochester figures
These are Strafford County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rochester measurements.
- Establishments in Strafford County2,729
- Employment at those establishments, Strafford County39,697
- Covered employment, Strafford County46,517
- Average annual pay, Strafford County$64,687
- Average weekly wage, Strafford County$1,244
- Housing units permitted, Strafford County942
- Of those, single family, Strafford County327
- County product, 2024, Strafford County$7,984,267,000
- County product change over the prior year, Strafford County0.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Strafford County$78,519
Every figure in this section is published for Strafford County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rochester. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Rochester questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rochester, New Hampshire?
33,144, in 13,932 households. Rochester city covers 45.02 square miles of land, which is 736 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rochester in?
Strafford County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Rochester?
$80,836. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $279,100. Median gross rent is $1,369 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Rochester businesses?
68 7(a) approvals totalling $20.5 m, across 25 lenders, median approval $90,000, plus 29 504 approvals worth $14.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Rochester, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Rochester borrowers get paid back?
Of the 11 loans that have reached a final outcome, 9 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 18.2 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Rochester figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Strafford County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Rochester.
Is zoning published for Rochester?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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