Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Rochester
Rochester is a rural, inland town of about 33.6 square miles in Plymouth County, one of the three Tri-Town communities it shares with Marion and Mattapoisett. Nearly nine in ten of its homes are owner-occupied, households average 2.7 people, and about one resident in five is 65 or over while roughly the same share is under 18. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 5,717
- Households: 2,125
- Persons per household: 2.7
- Foreign-born: 6.0% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 20.6%
- Under 18: 21.9%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 90.7%
- Asian: 0.0%
- Black or African American: 0.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 0.7%
- Two or more races: 4.9%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 4.7%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $119,239
- Poverty rate: 5.2%
- Median home value: $541,600
- Median gross rent: $1,442
- Homeownership: 87.9% of units
- In the labor force: 70.5%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s enrollment snapshot from February 1, 2025. As in most of the state, Rochester’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 4,854
- Unenrolled (no party): 3,494 (71.98%)
- Democrats: 633 (13.04%)
- Republicans: 663 (13.66%)
Sources
See how Rochester fits into the broader Commonwealth.