Rochester vs Woodbury

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

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

Rochester has the higher population (197 vs 67 in Woodbury). Since 2019, Woodbury's population has grown faster (+31.4% vs -29.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester	Woodbury
Population	197	67
Median age	41.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$41,875
Median home value	—	$100,000
Median gross rent	$850	$1,125
Housing units	81	36
Homeownership rate	90.8%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester	Woodbury
Population	280 → 197 (-29.6%)	51 → 67 (+31.4%)
Median household income	$60,313 → $67,917 (+12.6%)	$37,083 → $41,875 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $91,700 (-16.0%)	$84,000 → $100,000 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $850 (-8.6%)	$1,094 → $1,125 (+2.8%)

Rochester

Population

280197

Median household income

$60,313$67,917

Median home value

$109,200$91,700

Median gross rent

$930$850

Woodbury

Population

5167

Median household income

$37,083$41,875

Median home value

$84,000$100,000

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester	Woodbury
Under 5	4.6%	1.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	3.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	3.0%
35 to 44	22.8%	34.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	1.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	29.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.5%
75 and over	8.1%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester	Woodbury
No high school diploma	11.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	38.7%	55.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester	Woodbury
Drove alone	100.0%	39.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	57.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	67.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rochester	Woodbury
Poverty rate	14.9%	1.5%
Average household size	3.03	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	46	18
Median year structure built	1975	1938