Grand Mound vs Rochester

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

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

Rochester has the higher population (6,025 vs 3,711 in Grand Mound). Rochester has the higher median household income ($94,754 vs $77,000 in Grand Mound). Rochester has the higher median home value ($391,600 vs $325,000 in Grand Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Mound	Rochester
Population	3,711	6,025
Median age	33.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,000	$94,754
Median home value	$325,000	$391,600
Median gross rent	$1,273	$1,182
Housing units	1,505	2,042
Homeownership rate	73.8%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Mound	Rochester
Population	3,373 → 3,711 (+10.0%)	3,126 → 6,025 (+92.7%)
Median household income	$57,031 → $77,000 (+35.0%)	$84,766 → $94,754 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $325,000 (+72.6%)	$245,300 → $391,600 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,273 (+12.9%)	$1,244 → $1,182 (-5.0%)

Grand Mound

Population

3,3733,711

Median household income

$57,031$77,000

Median home value

$188,300$325,000

Median gross rent

$1,128$1,273

Rochester

Population

3,1266,025

Median household income

$84,766$94,754

Median home value

$245,300$391,600

Median gross rent

$1,244$1,182

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Mound	Rochester
Under 5	8.7%	10.4%
5 to 17	19.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	1.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	26.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	4.6%	19.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.2%
75 and over	0.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Mound	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.8%
Asian	0.5%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	2.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Mound	Rochester
No high school diploma	13.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	37.5%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Mound	Rochester
Drove alone	78.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.7%
Other means	0.3%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Mound	Rochester
1-unit, detached	56.9%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Grand Mound	Rochester
Poverty rate	8.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1989	1995