Conway vs Rochester

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

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

Rochester has the higher population (3,445 vs 2,072 in Conway). Conway has the higher median household income ($63,307 vs $40,710 in Rochester). Conway has the higher median home value ($176,600 vs $109,300 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Conway	Rochester
Population	2,072	3,445
Median age	48.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,307	$40,710
Median home value	$176,600	$109,300
Median gross rent	$843	$744
Housing units	1,128	1,973
Homeownership rate	68.1%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway	Rochester
Population	2,114 → 2,072 (-2.0%)	3,502 → 3,445 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$57,042 → $63,307 (+11.0%)	$30,120 → $40,710 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$134,700 → $176,600 (+31.1%)	$72,000 → $109,300 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $843 (+54.1%)	$602 → $744 (+23.6%)

Conway

Population

2,1142,072

Median household income

$57,042$63,307

Median home value

$134,700$176,600

Median gross rent

$547$843

Rochester

Population

3,5023,445

Median household income

$30,120$40,710

Median home value

$72,000$109,300

Median gross rent

$602$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conway	Rochester
Under 5	3.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	17.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.6%
75 and over	16.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway	Rochester
No high school diploma	4.4%	11.5%
High school graduate	37.2%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway	Rochester
Drove alone	81.9%	66.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	19.0%
Public transit	0.4%	2.8%
Walked	1.3%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	2.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway	Rochester
1-unit, detached	78.0%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	11.2%
20 or more units	6.9%	19.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Conway	Rochester
Poverty rate	11.3%	29.3%
Average household size	1.95	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1958	1945