Town of Rochester, Massachusetts

Current Weather

The Town of Rochester is located in Plymouth County.

Rochester is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Rochester lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

New York, Vermont and Wisconsin have communities that are also named Rochester.

At the time of the 2000 Census, the Town of Rochester had a population of 4,581 people^<2> (or 0.97% of the total population of Plymouth County). The population of Rochester represented 0.07% of the total of Massachusetts.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Rochester had a population of 5,268 people. This is an increase of 15% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Rochester.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bridgewater	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	25,774	2.34% increase
	Dartmouth	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	33,899	10.54% increase
	Fall River	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	90,931	1.1% decrease
	Falmouth	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	33,123	1.42% increase
	Middleborough	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	21,117	5.9% increase
	New Bedford	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	91,365	2.56% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Rochester.

The Commemorative Quarter for Massachusetts<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Rochester. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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