Global CityIntelligence

United States / North America

Rochester City Intelligence

Rochester is a western New York city with an optics, imaging, and university research base near Lake Ontario, regional healthcare employment, lower housing costs, and lake-effect-winter and Great-Lakes climate context. Rochester is a north america city of about ~1.1M metro in United States. On the composite city-intelligence score, Rochester sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (62/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~1.1M metro
View of Rochester, United States

Image credit: Image: Patrick Ashley / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Overall score

Use the Rochester profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy planning, and climate resilience alongside Buffalo, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh.

Overall62/100
Affordability64/100
Air quality68/100
Energy60/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

62/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Rochester data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Rochester city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score62/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living64/100Rochester's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality68/100Rochester's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy60/100Rochester's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety62/100Rochester's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed61/100Rochester's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk62/100Rochester's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience62/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety76/100
Low crime78/100
Personal safety78/100
Night safety71/100
Road safety74/100

Rochester is estimated to be a generally safe city (76/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life82/100
Healthcare84/100
Education87/100
Green space90/100
Cleanliness84/100
Infrastructure90/100
Mobility66/100

Rochester has a very high quality-of-life estimate (82/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness82/100
Education87/100
Green space90/100
Overall safety76/100

Rochester scores very high for family living (82/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability72/100
Walkability69/100
Cycling62/100
Infrastructure90/100

Rochester is high for remote workers (72/100), based on connectivity, affordability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability78/100
Healthcare84/100
Cleanliness84/100
Outdoor lifestyle61/100

Rochester is high for retirement (78/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Rochester

Local public safety guidance for Rochester, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
United States emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Universal emergency91124/7911 reaches police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch across the United States.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Rochester, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the United States emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Rochester

Healthcare context for Rochester, with national-level information from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Rochester, see the United States healthcare profile.

Official hospital registry

Medicare Care Compare

Federal directory for comparing Medicare-certified hospitals, nursing homes, and other care providers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Rochester

Local mobility context for Rochester, with national-level context from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Rochester, see the United States transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Rochester. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Rochester

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Rochester will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Rochester air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Rochester modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Rochester

Rochester's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Rochester

Rochester's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Rochester

Rochester's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Rochester

Rochester's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Rochester

Rochester's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Rochester

Rochester's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Rochester

Cost of living estimates for Rochester — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Rochester

Climate profile for Rochester — Humid Continental climate, annual average 12.5°C, comfort score 72/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Rochester

Economy and jobs profile for Rochester — regional center, economy score 85/100, key industries including tourism, technology, aerospace. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Rochester

Education profile for Rochester — major university city, education score 74/100, 9 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Rochester

Source-attributed visual context for Rochester using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Rochester

Weekend trip planning checklist for Rochester — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Rochester

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Rochester

Estimate a monthly budget for Rochester using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Rochester

Plan a trip budget for Rochester using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Rochester

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Rochester. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Buffalo, United States

Coastal cluster · about 108 km from Rochester. Explore Buffalo's city intelligence profile.

Belleville, Canada

Cross-border · about 113 km from Rochester. Explore Belleville's city intelligence profile.

Niagara Falls, Canada

Cross-border · about 118 km from Rochester. Explore Niagara Falls's city intelligence profile.

Oshawa, Canada

Cross-border · about 129 km from Rochester. Explore Oshawa's city intelligence profile.

St. Catharines, Canada

Cross-border · about 132 km from Rochester. Explore St. Catharines's city intelligence profile.

Peterborough, Canada

Cross-border · about 138 km from Rochester. Explore Peterborough's city intelligence profile.

Kingston, Canada

Cross-border · about 149 km from Rochester. Explore Kingston's city intelligence profile.

Toronto, Canada

Cross-border · about 153 km from Rochester. Explore Toronto's city intelligence profile.

Markham, Canada

Cross-border · about 154 km from Rochester. Explore Markham's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Rochester — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Rochester — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Rochester profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy planning, and climate resilience alongside Buffalo, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh. Its standout dimensions are air quality (68/100) and cost of living (64/100). The area most worth watching is energy (60/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the United States country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Rochester appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.