Rochester vs Rule

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

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

Rule has the higher population (738 vs 260 in Rochester). Rochester has the higher median household income ($45,000 vs $31,875 in Rule). Since 2019, Rule's population has grown faster (+36.7% vs -44.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester	Rule
Population	260	738
Median age	27.7 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$31,875
Median home value	—	$57,500
Median gross rent	$725	$1,009
Housing units	136	467
Homeownership rate	90.8%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester	Rule
Population	464 → 260 (-44.0%)	540 → 738 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$30,388 → $45,000 (+48.1%)	$20,469 → $31,875 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$14,900 → $14,300 (-4.0%)	$31,900 → $57,500 (+80.3%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $725 (+16.7%)	$600 → $1,009 (+68.2%)

Rochester

Population

464260

Median household income

$30,388$45,000

Median home value

$14,900$14,300

Median gross rent

$621$725

Rule

Population

540738

Median household income

$20,469$31,875

Median home value

$31,900$57,500

Median gross rent

$600$1,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester	Rule
Under 5	4.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	17.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.5%
35 to 44	17.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	6.2%	18.0%
55 to 64	5.4%	8.1%
65 to 74	13.5%	19.0%
75 and over	1.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester	Rule
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	58.8%
Black or African American	10.4%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	38.5%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester	Rule
No high school diploma	28.3%	18.7%
High school graduate	40.1%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester	Rule
Drove alone	78.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	3.3%
Public transit	4.5%	3.6%
Walked	9.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester	Rule
1-unit, detached	85.3%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Rochester	Rule
Poverty rate	20.8%	26.8%
Average household size	3.42	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1957	1959