Rochester vs Stewartville

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

Rochester and Stewartville 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 6,754 in Stewartville). Rochester has the higher median household income ($87,767 vs $65,714 in Stewartville). Rochester has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $258,000 in Stewartville).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester	Stewartville
Population	121,638	6,754
Median age	36.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,767	$65,714
Median home value	$287,500	$258,000
Median gross rent	$1,316	$975
Housing units	53,595	2,716
Homeownership rate	65.4%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester	Stewartville
Population	115,557 → 121,638 (+5.3%)	6,120 → 6,754 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$73,106 → $87,767 (+20.1%)	$63,566 → $65,714 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$200,100 → $287,500 (+43.7%)	$178,700 → $258,000 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$974 → $1,316 (+35.1%)	$859 → $975 (+13.5%)

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

Stewartville

Population

6,1206,754

Median household income

$63,566$65,714

Median home value

$178,700$258,000

Median gross rent

$859$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester	Stewartville
Under 5	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	24.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.7%
75 and over	7.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester	Stewartville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	90.8%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	8.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester	Stewartville
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	18.9%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester	Stewartville
Drove alone	65.5%	74.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	4.8%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.9%
Worked from home	12.9%	16.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester	Stewartville
1-unit, detached	58.8%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	16.5%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Rochester	Stewartville
Poverty rate	9.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1987	1987