Fulton vs Rochester

A side-by-side comparison of Fulton and Rochester: population, income, housing, and more.

Fulton and Rochester are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rochester has the higher population (6,244 vs 270 in Fulton). Rochester has the higher median household income ($60,304 vs $52,917 in Fulton). Rochester has the higher median home value ($135,900 vs $77,100 in Fulton).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton	Rochester
Population	270	6,244
Median age	38.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,917	$60,304
Median home value	$77,100	$135,900
Median gross rent	$771	$883
Housing units	126	3,371
Homeownership rate	65.7%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton	Rochester
Population	358 → 270 (-24.6%)	6,045 → 6,244 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$38,036 → $52,917 (+39.1%)	$51,389 → $60,304 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $77,100 (+23.0%)	$103,100 → $135,900 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $771 (+6.3%)	$680 → $883 (+29.9%)

Fulton

Population

358270

Median household income

$38,036$52,917

Median home value

$62,700$77,100

Median gross rent

$725$771

Rochester

Population

6,0456,244

Median household income

$51,389$60,304

Median home value

$103,100$135,900

Median gross rent

$680$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton	Rochester
Under 5	0.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	26.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	20.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.0%
75 and over	5.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.8%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton	Rochester
No high school diploma	16.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	51.4%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton	Rochester
Drove alone	92.0%	77.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton	Rochester
1-unit, detached	81.0%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Fulton	Rochester
Poverty rate	9.3%	11.8%
Average household size	2.57	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1941	1964