Rochester vs Tichigan

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

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

Tichigan has the higher population (5,173 vs 3,780 in Rochester). Tichigan has the higher median household income ($124,821 vs $104,429 in Rochester). Tichigan has the higher median home value ($386,600 vs $340,900 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester	Tichigan
Population	3,780	5,173
Median age	51.1 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$104,429	$124,821
Median home value	$340,900	$386,600
Median gross rent	$920	$1,536
Housing units	1,766	2,134
Homeownership rate	78.9%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester	Tichigan
Population	3,811 → 3,780 (-0.8%)	5,179 → 5,173 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$90,377 → $104,429 (+15.5%)	$99,671 → $124,821 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$243,200 → $340,900 (+40.2%)	$293,400 → $386,600 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $920 (+4.7%)	$1,285 → $1,536 (+19.5%)

Rochester

Population

3,8113,780

Median household income

$90,377$104,429

Median home value

$243,200$340,900

Median gross rent

$879$920

Tichigan

Population

5,1795,173

Median household income

$99,671$124,821

Median home value

$293,400$386,600

Median gross rent

$1,285$1,536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester	Tichigan
Under 5	2.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	17.6%
55 to 64	23.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.9%
75 and over	7.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester	Tichigan
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester	Tichigan
No high school diploma	1.8%	1.4%
High school graduate	20.5%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester	Tichigan
Drove alone	89.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	1.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	14.1%
Other means	1.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester	Tichigan
1-unit, detached	76.4%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rochester	Tichigan
Poverty rate	1.6%	3.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1983	1992