Rochester vs Union Grove

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

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

Union Grove has the higher population (4,968 vs 3,780 in Rochester). Rochester has the higher median household income ($104,429 vs $94,621 in Union Grove). Rochester has the higher median home value ($340,900 vs $258,100 in Union Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester	Union Grove
Population	3,780	4,968
Median age	51.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,429	$94,621
Median home value	$340,900	$258,100
Median gross rent	$920	$1,051
Housing units	1,766	1,998
Homeownership rate	78.9%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester	Union Grove
Population	3,811 → 3,780 (-0.8%)	4,963 → 4,968 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$90,377 → $104,429 (+15.5%)	$67,405 → $94,621 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$243,200 → $340,900 (+40.2%)	$174,100 → $258,100 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $920 (+4.7%)	$881 → $1,051 (+19.3%)

Rochester

Population

3,8113,780

Median household income

$90,377$104,429

Median home value

$243,200$340,900

Median gross rent

$879$920

Union Grove

Population

4,9634,968

Median household income

$67,405$94,621

Median home value

$174,100$258,100

Median gross rent

$881$1,051

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester	Union Grove
Under 5	2.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	23.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.5%
75 and over	7.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester	Union Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester	Union Grove
No high school diploma	1.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	20.5%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester	Union Grove
Drove alone	89.4%	82.8%
Carpooled	1.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	4.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester	Union Grove
1-unit, detached	76.4%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	23.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	11.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Rochester	Union Grove
Poverty rate	1.6%	10.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1983	1976