Rochester vs Yorkville

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

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

Rochester has the higher population (3,780 vs 3,237 in Yorkville). Yorkville has the higher median household income ($109,643 vs $104,429 in Rochester). Yorkville has the higher median home value ($360,100 vs $340,900 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Rochester	Yorkville
Population	3,780	3,237
Median age	51.1 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,429	$109,643
Median home value	$340,900	$360,100
Median gross rent	$920	$1,091
Housing units	1,766	1,273
Homeownership rate	78.9%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rochester	Yorkville
Population	3,811 → 3,780 (-0.8%)	3,114 → 3,237 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$90,377 → $104,429 (+15.5%)	$90,417 → $109,643 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$243,200 → $340,900 (+40.2%)	$270,700 → $360,100 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $920 (+4.7%)	$1,257 → $1,091 (-13.2%)

Rochester

Population

3,8113,780

Median household income

$90,377$104,429

Median home value

$243,200$340,900

Median gross rent

$879$920

Yorkville

Population

3,1143,237

Median household income

$90,417$109,643

Median home value

$270,700$360,100

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,091

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rochester	Yorkville
Under 5	2.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	7.5%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	23.1%	18.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.8%
75 and over	7.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rochester	Yorkville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rochester	Yorkville
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	20.5%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rochester	Yorkville
Drove alone	89.4%	81.7%
Carpooled	1.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	8.6%	12.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rochester	Yorkville
1-unit, detached	76.4%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Rochester	Yorkville
Poverty rate	1.6%	6.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1983	1979