Rochester is a medium-sized city located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 33,169 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Rochester is the sixth largest community in New Hampshire.Rochester is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Rochester is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rochester who work in office and administrative support (11.80%), sales jobs (10.27%), and management occupations (8.26%). Also of interest is that Rochester has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.84% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The overall education level of Rochester is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.42% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Rochester in 2022 was $39,139, which is lower middle income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,556 for a family of four. However, Rochester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Rochester home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rochester residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Rochester include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, and German. The most common language spoken in Rochester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
