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Little Rock vs Rochester

Little Rock, AR compared with Rochester, NY · 981 miles apart

Little Rock has 206,427 residents to Rochester’s 206,108. Little Rock comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, average commute. Rochester does better on median rent, price to income.

Little Rock, AR Rochester, NY
Population 206,427 206,108
Density (per sq mi) 1,703 5,763
Median household income $63,003 $47,213
Median home value $236,400 $139,600
Median rent $1,106 $1,081
Homeownership 53.5% 38.1%
Average commute 18.5 min 19.3 min
Median age 35.9 33.7
Bachelor's degree + 44.6% 30%
Poverty rate 17.5% 27.8%
Unemployment 4.1% 7.9%
Price to income 3.8×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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