Eyota vs Rochester

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

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

Rochester has the higher population (121,638 vs 2,090 in Eyota). Rochester has the higher median household income ($87,767 vs $83,684 in Eyota). Rochester has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $266,800 in Eyota).

Population, income & housing

	Eyota	Rochester
Population	2,090	121,638
Median age	37.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,684	$87,767
Median home value	$266,800	$287,500
Median gross rent	$843	$1,316
Housing units	903	53,595
Homeownership rate	74.6%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eyota	Rochester
Population	2,035 → 2,090 (+2.7%)	115,557 → 121,638 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$71,650 → $83,684 (+16.8%)	$73,106 → $87,767 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$178,200 → $266,800 (+49.7%)	$200,100 → $287,500 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $843 (+24.2%)	$974 → $1,316 (+35.1%)

Eyota

Population

2,0352,090

Median household income

$71,650$83,684

Median home value

$178,200$266,800

Median gross rent

$679$843

Rochester

Population

115,557121,638

Median household income

$73,106$87,767

Median home value

$200,100$287,500

Median gross rent

$974$1,316

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eyota	Rochester
Under 5	8.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	16.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.8%
75 and over	7.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eyota	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	71.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eyota	Rochester
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	31.1%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eyota	Rochester
Drove alone	84.6%	65.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	11.1%
Public transit	2.9%	4.1%
Walked	2.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.2%	12.9%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eyota	Rochester
1-unit, detached	72.9%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	6.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Eyota	Rochester
Poverty rate	7.3%	9.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1979	1987