Durham vs Rochester

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

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

Rochester has the higher population (32,866 vs 10,577 in Durham). Durham has the higher median household income ($109,934 vs $79,388 in Rochester). Durham has the higher median home value ($451,000 vs $262,600 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Rochester
Population	10,577	32,866
Median age	20.0 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$109,934	$79,388
Median home value	$451,000	$262,600
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,220
Housing units	2,088	14,613
Homeownership rate	54.9%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.9%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Rochester
Population	11,159 → 10,577 (-5.2%)	30,955 → 32,866 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$53,523 → $109,934 (+105.4%)	$62,179 → $79,388 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$348,500 → $451,000 (+29.4%)	$172,300 → $262,600 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,338 (+42.0%)	$1,041 → $1,220 (+17.2%)

Durham

Population

11,15910,577

Median household income

$53,523$109,934

Median home value

$348,500$451,000

Median gross rent

$942$1,338

Rochester

Population

30,95532,866

Median household income

$62,179$79,388

Median home value

$172,300$262,600

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,220

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durham	Rochester
Under 5	0.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	5.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	74.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	3.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	3.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	3.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	3.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	3.1%	12.1%
75 and over	3.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Rochester
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	8.8%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	37.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Rochester
Drove alone	42.0%	76.6%
Carpooled	2.9%	6.8%
Public transit	3.6%	1.2%
Walked	35.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.8%	12.1%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Rochester
1-unit, detached	39.6%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	8.0%
20 or more units	26.1%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Rochester
Poverty rate	14.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1971	1979