Quechee vs Rochester

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

Quechee 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 297 in Quechee). Quechee has the higher median home value ($324,700 vs $251,500 in Rochester). Since 2019, Rochester's population has grown faster (+27.4% vs -0.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Quechee	Rochester
Population	297	335
Median age	64.3 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$36,932
Median home value	$324,700	$251,500
Median gross rent	—	$919
Housing units	531	193
Homeownership rate	93.2%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	95.3%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Quechee	Rochester
Population	298 → 297 (-0.3%)	263 → 335 (+27.4%)
Median household income	—	$39,196 → $36,932 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$293,400 → $324,700 (+10.7%)	$192,100 → $251,500 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $1,444 (+63.3%)	$692 → $919 (+32.8%)

Quechee

Population

298297

Median home value

$293,400$324,700

Median gross rent

$884$1,444

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)

	Quechee	Rochester
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.7%	6.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.7%
35 to 44	26.3%	16.7%
45 to 54	1.3%	5.4%
55 to 64	23.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	1.3%	11.9%
75 and over	40.1%	28.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Quechee	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Quechee	Rochester
No high school diploma	1.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	3.3%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	78.9%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Quechee	Rochester
Drove alone	69.2%	46.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	42.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Quechee	Rochester
1-unit, detached	62.7%	54.4%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	24.7%	25.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Quechee	Rochester
Poverty rate	7.1%	13.7%
Average household size	1.34	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1981	1938