Rochester vs Tenino

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

Rochester and Tenino 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 1,965 in Tenino). Rochester has the higher median household income ($94,754 vs $75,438 in Tenino). Rochester has the higher median home value ($391,600 vs $333,100 in Tenino).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester	Tenino
Population	6,025	1,965
Median age	43.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,754	$75,438
Median home value	$391,600	$333,100
Median gross rent	$1,182	$1,239
Housing units	2,042	790
Homeownership rate	86.5%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester	Tenino
Population	3,126 → 6,025 (+92.7%)	1,716 → 1,965 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$84,766 → $94,754 (+11.8%)	$54,917 → $75,438 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$245,300 → $391,600 (+59.6%)	$165,400 → $333,100 (+101.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,244 → $1,182 (-5.0%)	$1,080 → $1,239 (+14.7%)

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

Tenino

Population

1,7161,965

Median household income

$54,917$75,438

Median home value

$165,400$333,100

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,239

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester	Tenino
Under 5	10.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	11.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	16.8%
45 to 54	19.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.2%
75 and over	8.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester	Tenino
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.8%
Asian	2.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	15.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester	Tenino
No high school diploma	11.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	33.6%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester	Tenino
Drove alone	73.5%	64.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.7%	20.1%
Other means	8.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester	Tenino
1-unit, detached	60.3%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.2%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Rochester	Tenino
Poverty rate	14.8%	12.3%
Average household size	2.95	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1995	1980