Rochester, Wisconsin Facts for Kids

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Village
Looking west in downtown Rochester
Location of Rochester in Racine County, Wisconsin.
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Racine
Area
• Total	17.65 sq mi (45.71 km²)
• Land	17.42 sq mi (45.12 km²)
• Water	0.23 sq mi (0.60 km²)
Elevation	817 ft (249 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	3,785
• Density	222.00/sq mi (85.71/km²)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	53167
Area code(s)	262
FIPS code	55-68575
GNIS feature ID	1584047

Rochester is a village in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,785 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the former Town of Rochester. On November 4, 2008, the village of Rochester voted to consolidate with the Town of Rochester.

History
Geography
Demographics
- 2010 census
Notable people
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History

Village Hall, Village of Rochester, WI

The first non-Native American settlers in Rochester were a group of five farming families, who all hailed from the town of Rochester, Vermont after which they gave their new settlement its name. These were "Yankee" settlers, which is to say they were descended from the English Puritans who settled New England during the colonial era. Correspondingly they were members of the Congregationalist Church and were staunch abolitionists. When they arrived in what is now Rochester there was nothing but dense virgin forest and wild prairie. They laid out post routes, built roads, constructed farms and government buildings all within the first few months of settling in what is now Rochester. Due to the Second Great Awakening many of them had become Baptists or converted to either Presbyterianism or Methodism before coming to what is now Walworth County, Wisconsin.

Rochester holds one of the oldest continuously run Memorial Day observances in the nation, having held its first in 1867.

The Village was incorporated in 1912. The Village and Town of Rochester consolidated in 2008.

Geography

Rochester is located at 42°44′26″N 88°13′26″W / 42.74056°N 88.22389°W / 42.74056; -88.22389 (42.740585, -88.224108).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 17.74 square miles (45.95 km²), of which, 17.48 square miles (45.27 km²) of it is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km²) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1860	306	—
1870	392	28.1%
1880	284	−27.6%
1920	220	—
1930	246	11.8%
1940	288	17.1%
1950	333	15.6%
1960	413	24.0%
1970	436	5.6%
1980	746	71.1%
1990	978	31.1%
2000	1,149	17.5%
2010	3,682	220.5%
2020	3,785	2.8%
U.S. Decennial Census

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 3,682 people, 1,343 households, and 1,069 families living in the village. The population density was 210.6 inhabitants per square mile (81.3/km²). There were 1,412 housing units at an average density of 80.8 per square mile (31.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.8% White, 0.2% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.5% from other races, and 0.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.8% of the population.

There were 1,343 households, of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.4% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 20.4% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.04.

The median age in the village was 42 years. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.5% were from 25 to 44; 34.9% were from 45 to 64; and 10.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 51.1% male and 48.9% female.