Rochester is a relatively large city located in the state of New York. With a population of 209,352 people and 148 associated neighborhoods, Rochester is the eighth largest community in New York. Rochester has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

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: 9.71% 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.

One thing that you will notice about Rochester is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Rochester a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

Rochester has a lot of people who ride the bus to and from work. In fact, for its size, Rochester has quite a high level of public transit users. Rochester’s need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.

In terms of college education, Rochester is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.38% of adults in Rochester have a college degree.

The per capita income in Rochester in 2018 was $28,611, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,444 for a family of four. However, Rochester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Rochester is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 Black or African-American. Rochester also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.70% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rochester include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Rochester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.