Proctorsville vs Rochester

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

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

Rochester has the higher population (335 vs 309 in Proctorsville). Proctorsville has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $36,932 in Rochester). Rochester has the higher median home value ($251,500 vs $225,000 in Proctorsville).

Population, income & housing

	Proctorsville	Rochester
Population	309	335
Median age	35.8 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$36,932
Median home value	$225,000	$251,500
Median gross rent	$1,042	$919
Housing units	298	193
Homeownership rate	50.0%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Proctorsville	Rochester
Population	323 → 309 (-4.3%)	263 → 335 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$46,111 → $64,167 (+39.2%)	$39,196 → $36,932 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$157,000 → $225,000 (+43.3%)	$192,100 → $251,500 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $1,042 (+37.5%)	$692 → $919 (+32.8%)

Proctorsville

Population

323309

Median household income

$46,111$64,167

Median home value

$157,000$225,000

Median gross rent

$758$1,042

Rochester

Population

263335

Median household income

$39,196$36,932

Median home value

$192,100$251,500

Median gross rent

$692$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Proctorsville	Rochester
Under 5	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	6.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.3%
25 to 34	16.5%	5.7%
35 to 44	3.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	5.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.9%
75 and over	4.2%	28.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Proctorsville	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	93.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Proctorsville	Rochester
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	34.6%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Proctorsville	Rochester
Drove alone	86.8%	46.7%
Carpooled	3.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	42.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Proctorsville	Rochester
1-unit, detached	47.7%	54.4%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	34.9%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	25.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Proctorsville	Rochester
Poverty rate	6.8%	13.7%
Average household size	3.45	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938