Rochester vs Tanglewilde

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

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

Tanglewilde has the higher population (6,822 vs 6,025 in Rochester). Tanglewilde has the higher median household income ($99,766 vs $94,754 in Rochester). Tanglewilde has the higher median home value ($410,300 vs $391,600 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester	Tanglewilde
Population	6,025	6,822
Median age	43.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$94,754	$99,766
Median home value	$391,600	$410,300
Median gross rent	$1,182	$1,779
Housing units	2,042	2,520
Homeownership rate	86.5%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester	Tanglewilde
Population	3,126 → 6,025 (+92.7%)	7,270 → 6,822 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$84,766 → $94,754 (+11.8%)	$73,917 → $99,766 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$245,300 → $391,600 (+59.6%)	$243,700 → $410,300 (+68.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,244 → $1,182 (-5.0%)	$1,183 → $1,779 (+50.4%)

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

Tanglewilde

Population

7,2706,822

Median household income

$73,917$99,766

Median home value

$243,700$410,300

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester	Tanglewilde
Under 5	10.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	19.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.8%
75 and over	8.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester	Tanglewilde
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	62.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.4%
Asian	2.0%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	23.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester	Tanglewilde
No high school diploma	11.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.6%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester	Tanglewilde
Drove alone	73.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.7%	10.9%
Other means	8.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester	Tanglewilde
1-unit, detached	60.3%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	33.2%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Rochester	Tanglewilde
Poverty rate	14.8%	6.2%
Average household size	2.95	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1995	1976