For a 40-year-old driver with a clean record, Rochester car insurance averages about $195 a month ($2,338 a year) for full coverage, based on the rates insurers had filed with state regulators as of Aug. 31, 2026. That’s 13% below the Minnesota average of $223 a month. Travelers has the lowest full-coverage average of the six major insurers we compared (Allstate, American Family, Auto-Owners, GEICO, State Farm and Travelers), at about $133 a month.
Rochester is the least expensive of the eight Minnesota cities we publish guides for. Our benchmark driver pays about $28 a month less here than the state average and about $58 a month less than in Minneapolis.
Our data covers four ZIP codes with a Rochester mailing address, all priced within a few dollars of each other.
Cost data comes from the auto rates insurers file with state regulators, priced across all four Rochester ZIP codes in our data, compiled by Quadrant Information Services and updated as new rates are filed.
Rates as of Aug. 31, 2026. Page reviewed Oct. 7, 2026.
Full coverage in Rochester averages $2,338 a year, or about $195 a month, for our benchmark driver. Liability-only coverage at Minnesota’s 30/60/10 minimum averages $652 a year ($54 a month), and 50/100/50 liability with comprehensive and collision averages $2,290 ($191 a month).
Travelers has the lowest full-coverage average among the six insurers in our Rochester rate data. The published 2026 statewide Minnesota rate studies we reviewed most often rank Travelers cheapest for full coverage: five of the six we checked put it first, apart from USAA, which sells only to military families. For liability-only coverage at 30/60/10 limits, Auto-Owners has the lowest average among the six major insurers we compared, at about $41 a month, with State Farm close behind at $44.
Full-coverage averages by insurer in Rochester
Monthly, for the same driver and car. Insurers marked with an asterisk in the table below aren’t in the chart.
Rates insurers filed with state regulators, compiled by Quadrant Information Services, as of Aug. 31, 2026. Benchmark 40-year-old driver, 100/300/100 with $500 deductibles.
| Insurance Company: | Minimum Liability 30/60/10 (Yearly): | Minimum Liability 30/60/10 (Monthly): | Full Coverage (Yearly): | Full Coverage (Monthly): |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travelers | $559 | $47 | $1,592 | $133 |
| State Farm | $526 | $44 | $1,738 | $145 |
| Auto-Owners | $486 | $41 | $1,801 | $150 |
| Allstate | $828 | $69 | $2,855 | $238 |
| American Family | $723 | $60 | $2,964 | $247 |
| GEICO | $789 | $66 | $3,079 | $257 |
| USAA (military families)* | $468 | $39 | $1,807 | $151 |
| Nationwide* | $1,090 | $91 | $2,384 | $199 |
| North Star Mutual* | $527 | $44 | $2,914 | $243 |
| Rochester average | $652 | $54 | $2,338 | $195 |
This table uses Rochester ZIP codes only. See how we calculated these rates. Your own price depends on your car, driving record and coverage, so compare auto insurance quotes before you buy.
Across the four Rochester ZIP codes we price, full coverage for our driver ranges from about $193 a month in 55902 to $196 in 55901, a gap of $37 a year.
Lowest-priced Rochester ZIP code
Highest-priced Rochester ZIP code
Search the table for your ZIP code. The last column shows how far each ZIP code is above or below Rochester’s average.
| ZIP Code: | Minimum Liability 30/60/10 (Yearly): | Minimum Liability 30/60/10 (Monthly): | Full Coverage (Yearly): | Full Coverage (Monthly): | Full Coverage vs. City Average: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55901 | $650 | $54 | $2,350 | $196 | +1% |
| 55902 | $652 | $54 | $2,313 | $193 | -1% |
| 55904 | $655 | $55 | $2,345 | $195 | About average |
| 55906 | $650 | $54 | $2,344 | $195 | About average |
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Raising liability limits from 50/100/50 to 100/300/100 adds only about $48 a year on average in our Rochester data, with the same $500 deductibles. The full-coverage package doubles the per-person injury limit, triples the per-crash limit and doubles the property damage limit, and it raises uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage to 100/300. Auto-Owners charges less for 100/300/100 than for 50/100/50 for our benchmark driver.
Not for our benchmark driver. Comparing the five insurers that are in both sets of rates, in the same Rochester ZIP codes, their full-coverage average fell from $2,352 a year nine months earlier to $2,190 in rates as of Aug. 31, 2026, a 6.9% drop. American Family cut its Rochester average 20.3% and Auto-Owners 3.0%, while Allstate’s, State Farm’s and Travelers’ averages were about unchanged. GEICO is new in our rates over the past nine months, so it’s left out, which is why these averages differ from the Rochester average above. Liability-only coverage at 30/60/10 limits fell 7.8%, led by American Family, which cut its liability-only average 25.2%.
Olmsted County averages about $194 a month for full coverage, the 12th-least expensive of the 64 Minnesota counties we price. Southern Minnesota is the least expensive part of the state in our data.
Nearby Olmsted County towns are priced about the same: Byron averages about $191 a month and Stewartville $193. Prices depend on where in Minnesota you live, not just on your car and driving record.
More Minnesota cities and towns are in the Minnesota rates by city table, and you can compare states on our car insurance rates by state page.
Lakeville, about 60 miles north, averages $211 a month, and Minneapolis, about 80 miles north, $253.
Drivers in Rochester follow Minnesota’s rules. Every policy must include at least:
Our Minnesota requirements guide covers the no-fault rules and the penalties for driving uninsured.
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Insurers must file their rates and rating rules with each state’s insurance regulator. Quadrant Information Services uses those filings to calculate what each insurer would charge a specific driver, and InsuranceQuotes analyzes those prices. This page uses rates in effect on Aug. 31, 2026.
Coverage requirements come from Minnesota law and the Minnesota Department of Commerce. We refresh these figures when new rate data is released.
For our benchmark driver, full coverage in Rochester averages about $195 a month ($2,338 a year) and liability-only coverage about $54 a month, based on the rates insurers had filed with state regulators as of Aug. 31, 2026. Full coverage is 13% below the Minnesota average of $223 a month.
Travelers has the lowest full-coverage average in our Rochester rate data, at about $133 a month, with State Farm close behind at $145. For liability-only coverage, Auto-Owners has the lowest average, at about $41 a month. Five of the six published 2026 statewide Minnesota rate studies we reviewed also rank Travelers cheapest for full coverage, apart from USAA. Rates vary by driver, so compare quotes for your own car and ZIP code.
Compared with the Twin Cities, yes. For our benchmark driver, Rochester full coverage averages about $195 a month, 13% below the Minnesota average and about $58 a month less than Minneapolis.
In our data, 55902 has the lowest full-coverage average in Rochester, at about $193 a month, and 55901 the highest, at about $196. The ZIP code table on this page lists all four.
In our Rochester data, full coverage (100/300/100 with $500 deductibles) averages about $195 a month and liability-only coverage at 30/60/10 limits about $54, a difference of about $141 a month ($1,686 a year). Liability-only coverage won’t pay to repair or replace your own car after a crash, a theft or a storm. Minnesota law doesn’t require full coverage, but a lender or leasing company may.
Not for our benchmark driver. Comparing the five insurers in both sets of rates (GEICO is new over the past nine months), their Rochester full-coverage average fell 6.9%, from about $2,352 to $2,190 a year. That’s lower than the Rochester average of $2,338 because it leaves out GEICO. American Family cut its Rochester average 20.3% and Auto-Owners 3.0%. Liability-only coverage at 30/60/10 limits fell 7.8%.
For our benchmark driver, full coverage in Rochester averages about $195 a month. Nearby, Lakeville averages about $211, Bloomington about $231 and St. Paul about $244. Rochester is the least expensive of these; prices depend mostly on ZIP code, so compare quotes for your own address.
