Midland vs Rochester

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

Midland 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 2,433 in Midland). Midland has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $40,710 in Rochester). Rochester has the higher median home value ($109,300 vs $90,700 in Midland).

Population, income & housing

	Midland	Rochester
Population	2,433	3,445
Median age	48.0 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$40,710
Median home value	$90,700	$109,300
Median gross rent	$658	$744
Housing units	1,200	1,973
Homeownership rate	55.3%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midland	Rochester
Population	2,918 → 2,433 (-16.6%)	3,502 → 3,445 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$44,889 → $61,250 (+36.4%)	$30,120 → $40,710 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $90,700 (+40.0%)	$72,000 → $109,300 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$539 → $658 (+22.1%)	$602 → $744 (+23.6%)

Midland

Population

2,9182,433

Median household income

$44,889$61,250

Median home value

$64,800$90,700

Median gross rent

$539$658

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)

	Midland	Rochester
Under 5	5.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	17.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	6.6%
75 and over	10.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midland	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	81.0%
Black or African American	10.4%	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	7.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midland	Rochester
No high school diploma	8.2%	11.5%
High school graduate	40.1%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midland	Rochester
Drove alone	66.8%	66.7%
Carpooled	16.8%	19.0%
Public transit	1.7%	2.8%
Walked	6.7%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	2.9%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midland	Rochester
1-unit, detached	43.6%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	20.9%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	19.4%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Midland	Rochester
Poverty rate	21.9%	29.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1941	1945