Rochester vs Tumwater

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

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

Tumwater has the higher population (26,519 vs 6,025 in Rochester). Rochester has the higher median household income ($94,754 vs $93,635 in Tumwater). Tumwater has the higher median home value ($438,000 vs $391,600 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester	Tumwater
Population	6,025	26,519
Median age	43.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$94,754	$93,635
Median home value	$391,600	$438,000
Median gross rent	$1,182	$1,654
Housing units	2,042	11,162
Homeownership rate	86.5%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester	Tumwater
Population	3,126 → 6,025 (+92.7%)	22,974 → 26,519 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$84,766 → $94,754 (+11.8%)	$69,685 → $93,635 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$245,300 → $391,600 (+59.6%)	$286,700 → $438,000 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,244 → $1,182 (-5.0%)	$1,196 → $1,654 (+38.3%)

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

Tumwater

Population

22,97426,519

Median household income

$69,685$93,635

Median home value

$286,700$438,000

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester	Tumwater
Under 5	10.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	17.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	15.5%
45 to 54	19.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.5%
75 and over	8.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester	Tumwater
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	71.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.9%
Asian	2.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	2.8%	2.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester	Tumwater
No high school diploma	11.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	33.6%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester	Tumwater
Drove alone	73.5%	66.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.7%	23.0%
Other means	8.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester	Tumwater
1-unit, detached	60.3%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	33.2%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Rochester	Tumwater
Poverty rate	14.8%	7.8%
Average household size	2.95	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1995	1993