Rochester, Massachusetts

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Boston. It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the north of Rochester and has a population of 589,141 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Providence (RI). It is located about 31 miles [49 km] to the west of Rochester and has a population of 173,618 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Brockton	NW	26 mi [41.84 km]	93,007	1.38% decrease
	Brookline	N	44 mi [70.8 km]	54,896	3.87% decrease
	Cambridge	N	46 mi [74 km]	105,596	4.18% increase
	Fall River	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	90,931	1.1% decrease
	Framingham	NW	50 mi [80.5 km]	64,885	3.03% decrease
	Malden	N	49 mi [78.9 km]	55,597	1.32% decrease
	New Bedford	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	91,365	2.56% decrease
	Newton	NW	46 mi [74 km]	82,139	2.02% decrease
	Quincy	N	37 mi [59.5 km]	92,339	4.9% increase
	Somerville	N	47 mi [75.6 km]	75,662	2.34% decrease
	Taunton	NW	18 mi [28.97 km]	55,702	0.49% decrease
	Waltham	NW	50 mi [80.5 km]	60,236	1.71% increase
	Cranston (RI)	W	34 mi [54.7 km]	79,980	0.9% increase
	Pawtucket (RI)	W	30 mi [48.28 km]	71,765	1.64% decrease
	Warwick (RI)	W	31 mi [49.89 km]	84,483	1.54% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Acushnet	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	10,368	2.04% increase
	Acushnet	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Carver	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	11,574	3.68% increase
	Cranberry Village	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Fairhaven	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	16,112	0.29% decrease
	Lakeville	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	10,515	7.07% increase
	Marion	E	2 mi [3.22 km]	5,148	0.49% increase
	Mattapoisett	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	6,463	3.11% increase
	Onset	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Pine Tree Village	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Rochester	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	5,268	15% increase
	Wareham Center	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Wareham	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	21,221	4.36% increase
	West Wareham	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Weweantic	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	---

Plymouth County

Rochester is located in Plymouth County.

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
	Barnstable County	E	Barlows Landing	10 miles [16 km]
	Bristol County	W	Long Plain	3 miles [4 km]
	Dukes County	S	Naushon Station	17 miles [27 km]
	Norfolk County	N	Brookville	28 miles [45 km]
	Suffolk County	N	Egypt Beach	33 miles [53 km]
	Bristol County (RI)	W	Coggeshall (RI)	21 miles [33 km]
	Kent County (RI)	W	Bayside (RI)	28 miles [45 km]
	Newport County (RI)	W	Eagleville (RI)	17 miles [27 km]
	Providence County (RI)	W	Kent Corner (RI)	27 miles [43 km]
	Washington County (RI)	W	Mount View (RI)	31 miles [49 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Massachusetts<3>

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