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The median home value in Rochester, NH is $413,235 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.72% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$413,235
Year-over-Year
+3.72%
Population
33,831
Rochester ranks #34 of 42 New Hampshire cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 18.1% below the state's city median of $504,457. It sits in Strafford County, where the county-wide median is $513,513.
Median household income in Rochester is $80,836, so the typical home value is about 5.1× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Rochester police recorded a violent crime rate of 77 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,144 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Rochester, that value is $413,235. That's up 3.72% from a year earlier. It is about 18.1% below the typical New Hampshire city tracked here.
Homes in Rochester are cheaper than Strafford County as a whole, where the median is $513,513 — a difference of about 19.5%.
Median household income here is $80,836, so the typical home value is about 5.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Rochester police reported 77 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 33,831. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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