Rochester, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Cedar Rapids. It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the northwest of Rochester and has a population of 120,758 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Davenport. It is located about 29 miles [46 km] to the east of Rochester and has a population of 98,359 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Anamosa	N	30 mi [48.28 km]	5,736	4.4% increase
	Bettendorf	E	35 mi [56.3 km]	32,584	4.19% increase
	Clinton	E	49 mi [78.9 km]	26,407	4.92% decrease
	Coralville	W	22 mi [35.41 km]	18,478	22.18% increase
	Hiawatha	NW	37 mi [59.5 km]	6,688	3.21% increase
	Iowa City	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	67,831	9.02% increase
	Maquoketa	NE	36 mi [57.9 km]	5,908	3.34% decrease
	Marion	NW	33 mi [53.1 km]	32,821	24.82% increase
	Muscatine	S	18 mi [28.97 km]	22,504	0.85% decrease
	North Liberty	W	24 mi [38.62 km]	11,561	115.41% increase
	Washington	SW	37 mi [59.5 km]	7,254	2.94% increase
	East Moline (IL)	E	38 mi [61.2 km]	20,892	2.75% increase
	Moline (IL)	E	36 mi [57.9 km]	43,088	1.55% decrease
	Rock Island (IL)	SE	32 mi [51.5 km]	38,139	3.89% decrease
	Silvis (IL)	E	40 mi [64.4 km]	7,770	6.89% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Atalissa	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	303	7.07% increase
	Bennett	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	365	7.59% decrease
	Clarence	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	966	4.17% decrease
	Durant	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,713	2.15% increase
	Lime City	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Mechanicsville	N	16 mi [25.75 km]	1,109	5.46% decrease
	New Liberty	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	134	10.74% increase
	Nichols	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	357	4.55% decrease
	South Towne Park	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Stanwood	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	643	5.44% decrease
	Stockton	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	181	0.55% decrease
	Tipton	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	3,012	4.53% decrease
	West Branch	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	2,296	4.94% increase
	West Liberty	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	3,650	9.54% increase
	Wilton	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	2,821	0.28% decrease

Cedar County

Rochester is located in Cedar County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cedar: Clinton, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine and Scott.

While not sharing a border with Cedar, the following counties are close to Rochester: Rock Island (IL), Louisa and Washington.

Below are counties that are near Rochester (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Rochester:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Rochester
	Benton County	W	Walford	37 miles [59 km]
	Clinton County	NE	Wheatland	19 miles [30 km]
	Iowa County	W	East Amana	36 miles [57 km]
	Jackson County	NE	Millrock	31 miles [49 km]
	Johnson County	W	Oasis	11 miles [17 km]
	Jones County	N	Olin	22 miles [35 km]
	Linn County	NW	Lisbon	20 miles [32 km]
	Louisa County	S	Letts	24 miles [38 km]
	Muscatine County	S	Atalissa	7 miles [11 km]
	Scott County	E	New Liberty	14 miles [22 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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