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Thurston County

Population in July 2007: 2,094.
Males: 1,052  (50.2%)
Females: 1,042  (49.8%)
Median resident age:  32.5 years
Washington median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 98579.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $52,995 (it was $43,090 in 2000)
Rochester:  $52,995
Washington:  $55,591

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $211,984 (it was $110,200 in 2000)
Rochester:  $211,984
Washington:  $300,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $219,426; Detached houses: $259,919; Mobile homes: $72,475
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Races in Rochester:

  • White Non-Hispanic (84.4%)
  • Hispanic (10.4%)
  • Other race (5.5%)
  • Two or more races (3.2%)
  • American Indian (3.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Rochester: 106.6 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (19.2%), Irish (11.6%), English (8.9%), United States (6.1%), Norwegian (5.9%), Scottish (5.5%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 60 feet

Land area: 2.31 square miles.

Population density: 905 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Rochester

  • High school or higher: 77.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
  • Unemployed: 5.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 26.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Rochester CDP

  • Never married: 16.3%
  • Now married: 67.0%
  • Separated: 0.9%
  • Widowed: 5.1%
  • Divorced: 10.6%

156 residents are foreign born (7.8% Latin America).

This place:  8.5%
Washington:  10.4%



According to our research there were 24 registered sex offenders living in Rochester, Washington in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Rochester to the number of sex offenders is 87 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Rochester:  1.3% ($1,405)
Washington:  1.2% ($1,915)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lakewood, WA (44.9 miles , pop. 58,211).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (75.8 miles , pop. 563,374).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (938.4 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Grand Mound, WA (5.2 miles ), Chehalis Village, WA (5.7 miles ), Fords Prairie, WA (8.2 miles ), Oakville, WA (10.4 miles ), Centralia, WA (11.0 miles ), Bunker, WA (12.1 miles ), Chehalis, WA (14.0 miles ), Bucoda, WA (14.9 miles ).

Latitude: 46.82 N, Longitude: 123.08 W

Area code: 360

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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (24%)
  • Public administration (12%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Accommodation and food services (18%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Social assistance (10%)
  • Food (8%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Public administration (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Painters and paperhangers (12%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (6%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (9%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Rochester:
  • PROVIDENCE CENTRALIA HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; CENTRALIA, WA)
  • MARK REED HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; MCCLEARY, WA)
  • ST PETER CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY CENTER (about 25 miles; LACEY, WA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Rochester:
  • OLYMPIA (about 17 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; ID: OLM)
  • GRAY AAF (about 40 miles; FORT LEWIS/TACOMA, WA; ID: GRF)
  • MCCHORD AFB (about 48 miles; TACOMA, WA; ID: TCM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rochester:
  • R & K SKYRANCH (about 1 miles; ROCHESTER, WA; ID: 8W9)
  • CHEHALIS-CENTRALIA (about 14 miles; CHEHALIS, WA; ID: CLS)
  • HOSKINS FIELD (about 22 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; ID: 44T)

Amtrak station near Rochester:
  • 12 miles: CENTRALIA (210 RAILROAD AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, taxi stand, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Rochester:
  • SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 10 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,908)
  • EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 19 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; FT enrollment: 3,749)
  • PIERCE COLLEGE AT FORT STEILACOOM (about 44 miles; LAKEWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 5,921)
  • CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 47 miles; LAKEWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 3,819)
  • LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE (about 47 miles; LONGVIEW, WA; FT enrollment: 2,237)
  • TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; TACOMA, WA; FT enrollment: 3,710)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND (about 52 miles; TACOMA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,754)
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Rochester and their reported violations in the past:

THEODORE HOSS SPORTS COMPLEX (Population served: 310, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 9 routine major monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation
FARM BOY DRIVE IN (Population served: 285, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
OUTBACK RV PARK (Population served: 114, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (SEP-30-1997), St Public Notif requested (SEP-30-1997), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-30-1997)
SPEEDWAY GROCERY INC (Population served: 35, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 2 routine major monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Rochester that have no violations reported:
  • PACIFIC BLUEBERRIES (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This place:  2.8 people
Washington:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  78.1%
Whole state:  66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  6.8%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  7.7%
Whole state:  10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  1.7%
Whole state:  4.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Rochester, WA



Rochester compared to Washington state average:

Rochester, Washington environmental map by EPA

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  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Rochester (2007 data):
  • Keybank National Association: Grand Mound-Rochester Branch at 19747 Old Highway 99, branch established on 1977-11-26. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $88,081.2 mil, Deposits: $61,704.6 mil, headquarters in Cleveland, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 961 total offices, Holding Company: Keycorp
  • Sterling Savings Bank: Rochester Branch at 9921 Highway 12 Southwest, branch established on 1922-01-01. Info updated 2006-12-19: Bank assets: $9,550.3 mil, Deposits: $6,518.2 mil, headquarters in Spokane, WA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 175 total offices, Holding Company: Sterling Financial Corporation
  • Security State Bank: Rochester Branch at 10333 Highway 12 Sw, branch established on 1997-11-03. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $354.4 mil, Deposits: $309.0 mil, headquarters in Centralia, WA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 13 total offices, Holding Company: Security State Corporation



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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (55%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
  • Wood (15%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
  • Other fuel (2%)
  • Utility gas (1%)

9.34% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,695 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.34%
Washington average:  7.86%

0.26% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,119 average AGI)
Thurston County:  0.26%
Washington average:  0.26%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Pierce County, WA  1.92% ($42,336 average AGI)
from King County, WA  0.96% ($44,780)
from Lewis County, WA  0.43% ($38,049)


7.73% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,118 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.73%
Washington average:  7.07%

0.15% of residents moved to foreign countries ($732 average AGI)
Thurston County:  0.15%
Washington average:  0.16%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Pierce County, WA  1.30% ($37,310 average AGI)
to King County, WA  0.94% ($35,501)
to Lewis County, WA  0.53% ($33,630)


Strongest AM radio stations in Rochester:
  • KELA (1470 AM; 5 kW; CENTRALIA-CHEHALIS, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KITI (1420 AM; 5 kW; CENTRALIA-CHEHALIS, WA; Owner: PREMIER BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KJR (950 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA)
  • KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KMAS (1030 AM; 10 kW; SHELTON, WA; Owner: SOUND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KOMO (1000 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)
  • KYCW (1090 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KGHO (920 AM; 5 kW; OLYMPIA, WA; Owner: SPENCER BROADCASTING, L.P.)
  • KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
  • KKOL (1300 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Rochester:
  • KMNT (102.9 FM; CENTRALIA, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KFMY (97.7 FM; RAYMOND, WA; Owner: SOUTH SOUND BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KACS (90.5 FM; CHEHALIS, WA; Owner: CHEHALIS VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • K220HE (91.9 FM; CHEHALIS, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KGY-FM (96.9 FM; MCCLEARY, WA; Owner: KGY, INC.)
  • KITI-FM (95.1 FM; WINLOCK, WA; Owner: PREMIER BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KRQT (107.1 FM; CASTLE ROCK, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM LONGVIEW LICENSE, LLC)
  • KRXY (94.5 FM; SHELTON, WA; Owner: PREMIER BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KXXO (96.1 FM; OLYMPIA, WA; Owner: 3 CITIES, INC.)
  • KAYO-FM (99.3 FM; ELMA, WA; Owner: SOUTH SOUND BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • K216DH (91.1 FM; CATHLAMET, WA; Owner: TILLICUM FOUNDATION)
  • K273AI (102.5 FM; ARIEL, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K254AP (98.7 FM; OLYMPIA, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KAYO-FM1 (99.3 FM; OLYMPIA, WA; Owner: BLACK HILLS BROADCASTING, L.P.)
  • KAOS (89.3 FM; OLYMPIA, WA; Owner: THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE)
  • K201GB (88.1 FM; CENTRALIA, WA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)


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