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Rochester CDP, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Rochester CDP is a Census CDP of 5,834 people across 8.46 square miles of land, in Thurston County. Median household income is $99,286, 86.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.2 m.
76 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Rochester
What Rochester is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area8.46 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land689
- County holding the largest share of its areaThurston 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
- Population5,834
- Median age42.7 plus or minus 9.5
- Population under 181,271 plus or minus 324
- Share under 1821.8 percent
- Population 65 and over1,061 plus or minus 238
- Share 65 and over18.2 percent
- Households2,022
- Family households1,526 plus or minus 319
- Share of households that are families75.5 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$99,286 plus or minus $23,527
- Per capita income$34,271
- Civilian labor force2,654
- Employed2,572 plus or minus 525
- Unemployed82 plus or minus 73
- Unemployment rate3.1 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over4,138
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.6 percent plus or minus 22.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.5 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.9 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rochester
Housing in Rochester
- Housing units2,122
- Occupied units2,022
- Vacant units100 plus or minus 106
- Vacancy rate4.7 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Owner occupied1,746
- Renter occupied276 plus or minus 196
- Ownership rate86.4 percent plus or minus 21.2
- Median owner-occupied home value$445,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,161 plus or minus $463
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.0 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Single family units1,317 plus or minus 292
- Share single family62.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more84 plus or minus 101
- Share in buildings of two or more4.0 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Mobile homes709 plus or minus 237
- Median year structure built1994
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 commute2,332 plus or minus 483
- Commuting under 15 minutes269 plus or minus 141
- Share commuting under 15 minutes11.5 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,177 plus or minus 323
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.5 percent
- Drove alone70.3 percent
- Carpooled13.1 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home7.4 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rochester
SBA loans in Rochester (7(a))
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$5,187,700
- Average approval$518,770
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,238,000
- Largest approval$2,238,000
- Jobs supported53
- Jobs per approval5.3
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more30.0 percent
- Share to franchises10.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
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)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,532,000
- Average approval$510,667
- Median approval$546,000
- Largest approval$868,000
- Jobs supported27
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Thurston County, not Rochester
Thurston County context, not Rochester figures
These are Thurston 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 Thurston County6,656
- Employment at those establishments, Thurston County86,664
- Covered employment, Thurston County128,824
- Average annual pay, Thurston County$72,043
- Average weekly wage, Thurston County$1,385
- Housing units permitted, Thurston County1,222
- Of those, single family, Thurston County672
- County product, 2024, Thurston County$21,563,339,000
- County product change over the prior year, Thurston County8.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Thurston County$70,294
Every figure in this section is published for Thurston 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, Washington?
5,834, in 2,022 households. Rochester CDP covers 8.46 square miles of land, which is 689 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?
Thurston 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?
$99,286. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $445,300. Median gross rent is $1,161 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?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $5.2 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.5 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?
No rate is published for Rochester. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
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 Thurston 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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