Cities / New York / Rochester

Rochester, NY

208,772 people

Right Now

Weather

68°F

Mostly Cloudy

Today: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, high 74°F

Air Quality (OZONE, Eastern Lake Ontario Region)

Good

Nearest reporting area, 46.7 mi away. Preliminary and may be revised. Source: EPA AirNow.

Active Weather Alerts

Nearest Major Airport

ROC

4 mi — Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport

Population & People

Population

208,772

Median age

33.7

Median household income

$47,213

Poverty rate

27.8%

Unemployment rate

7.9%

Bachelor's degree+

30.0%

Avg. commute

17 min

Hispanic or Latino

19.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Housing & Rent

Median home value

$139,600

Median gross rent

$1,081/mo

Homeownership rate

38.11%

HUD FMR — 2 bedroom

$1,573

HUD Fair Market Rent (Monroe County, 1 mi from Rochester), 2026. Efficiency $1116, 1BR $1256, 2BR $1573, 3BR $1895, 4BR $2083. This is a different official figure from Census median gross rent above.

Energy

New York gasoline midgrade

$4.53

New York commercial electricity

21.07¢/kWh

New York industrial electricity

9.55¢/kWh

New York residential electricity

26.39¢/kWh

Economy

Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

2467674

Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

1894269.6

All-Transactions House Price Index for New York

1157.14

Unemployment Rate

4.6%

Source: FRED, New York-specific series.

Nearby Airports

ROC

Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport

4 mi away

BUF

Buffalo Niagara International Airport

58 mi away

SYR

Syracuse Hancock International Airport

76 mi away

Sources & Data: National Weather Service (weather, alerts), EPA AirNow (air quality), U.S. Census Bureau (population, housing), HUD (Fair Market Rent), U.S. Energy Information Administration (New York energy prices), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (New York economic indicators), OurAirports (airport directory).