Greece vs Rochester

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

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

Rochester has the higher population (209,720 vs 14,053 in Greece). Greece has the higher median household income ($67,223 vs $46,628 in Rochester). Greece has the higher median home value ($157,600 vs $120,600 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Greece	Rochester
Population	14,053	209,720
Median age	43.5 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,223	$46,628
Median home value	$157,600	$120,600
Median gross rent	$1,043	$1,039
Housing units	6,746	103,251
Homeownership rate	69.2%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greece	Rochester
Population	14,798 → 14,053 (-5.0%)	206,848 → 209,720 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$61,365 → $67,223 (+9.5%)	$35,590 → $46,628 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $157,600 (+28.4%)	$83,100 → $120,600 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,043 (+21.8%)	$848 → $1,039 (+22.5%)

Greece

Population

14,79814,053

Median household income

$61,365$67,223

Median home value

$122,700$157,600

Median gross rent

$856$1,043

Rochester

Population

206,848209,720

Median household income

$35,590$46,628

Median home value

$83,100$120,600

Median gross rent

$848$1,039

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greece	Rochester
Under 5	3.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	11.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	18.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.0%
75 and over	11.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greece	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	36.0%
Black or African American	8.6%	35.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.5%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greece	Rochester
No high school diploma	12.2%	15.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greece	Rochester
Drove alone	81.1%	65.8%
Carpooled	5.0%	10.6%
Public transit	1.2%	5.4%
Walked	0.9%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.1%
Worked from home	10.2%	10.8%
Other means	1.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greece	Rochester
1-unit, detached	66.2%	43.8%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	25.9%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	9.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Greece	Rochester
Poverty rate	9.1%	26.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1968	1938