Wisconsin · Census place 5568550
Rochester, Wisconsin
Rochester is a village in Racine County, Wisconsin with an estimated 3,766 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 183rd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,766
- #183 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- -0.1%
- -4 people
- Land area
- 17.4 sq mi
- + 0.23 sq mi water
- Density
- 216 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Rochester population, 2020 to 2024
Rochester lost 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +23.
Rochester covers 17.42 square miles of land and 0.23 of water, for 216 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Rochester is less dense than the typical town.
What county Rochester is in
All of Rochester's residents live in Racine County, which had 198,651 residents in 2024. Rochester holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Rochester
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Rochester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53105, 53167. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Rochester is
The Census internal point of Rochester is at 42.732900, -88.250300. Madison, the capital, is 62.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waterford, WI (5,885 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 27.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.732900, -88.250300
- DMS
- 42°43'58.44"N 88°15'1.08"W
- UTM
- 16N 397649.1E 4731912.4N
- Geohash
- dp95pg614
- Plus code
- 86JHPPMX+5V
Daylight in Rochester
At 42.73° N, Rochester gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Rochester
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Waterford, 2.8 miles away, with 5,885 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Rochester, WI?
3,766 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4 (0.1%) from 3,770 in July 2020.
What county is Rochester in?
Racine County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Rochester?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53105, 53167.
How far is Rochester from Madison?
62.1 miles (99.9 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Rochester.
What is the nearest larger city to Rochester?
Waterford, WI, with 5,885 residents, 2.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.