Rochester
What’s happening
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Outdoors in Rochester
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About Rochester
Town in MassachusettsRochester is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,717 at the 2020 census. Rochester is a part of the South Coast region of Massachusetts which encompasses the cities and towns that surround Buzzards Bay (excluding the Elizabeth Islands, Bourne and Falmouth), Mount Hope Bay and the Sakonnet River.
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How Rochester ranks
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Housing in Rochester
The typical Rochester home is worth about $695,000, up 4.2% in a year, close to the Massachusetts typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Rochester
Safety Grade A
Rochester reports less crime per resident than 86% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Health in Rochester
Compared with Massachusetts
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 24 are too close to call.
What stands out
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Schools in Rochester
All Rochester schools →School Grade B+
The public schools Rochester’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 67% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within MA. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Rochester is
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