Monaca vs Rochester

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

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

Monaca has the higher population (5,557 vs 3,445 in Rochester). Monaca has the higher median household income ($64,839 vs $40,710 in Rochester). Monaca has the higher median home value ($142,100 vs $109,300 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Monaca	Rochester
Population	5,557	3,445
Median age	39.0 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,839	$40,710
Median home value	$142,100	$109,300
Median gross rent	$773	$744
Housing units	2,651	1,973
Homeownership rate	62.1%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monaca	Rochester
Population	5,521 → 5,557 (+0.7%)	3,502 → 3,445 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$39,974 → $64,839 (+62.2%)	$30,120 → $40,710 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$122,000 → $142,100 (+16.5%)	$72,000 → $109,300 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $773 (+28.6%)	$602 → $744 (+23.6%)

Monaca

Population

5,5215,557

Median household income

$39,974$64,839

Median home value

$122,000$142,100

Median gross rent

$601$773

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)

	Monaca	Rochester
Under 5	6.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	17.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	6.6%
75 and over	8.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monaca	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	81.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monaca	Rochester
No high school diploma	6.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monaca	Rochester
Drove alone	78.2%	66.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	19.0%
Public transit	0.7%	2.8%
Walked	2.0%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	2.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monaca	Rochester
1-unit, detached	76.4%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	11.2%
20 or more units	6.2%	19.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monaca	Rochester
Poverty rate	15.9%	29.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1951	1945