Prescott vs Rosston

A side-by-side comparison of Prescott and Rosston: population, income, housing, and more.

Prescott and Rosston are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prescott has the higher population (3,063 vs 362 in Rosston). Rosston has the higher median household income ($69,191 vs $29,403 in Prescott). Prescott has the higher median home value ($95,100 vs $35,900 in Rosston).

Population, income & housing

	Prescott	Rosston
Population	3,063	362
Median age	35.4 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$29,403	$69,191
Median home value	$95,100	$35,900
Median gross rent	$863	—
Housing units	1,497	224
Homeownership rate	31.9%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prescott	Rosston
Population	3,035 → 3,063 (+0.9%)	414 → 362 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$37,540 → $29,403 (-21.7%)	$27,150 → $69,191 (+154.8%)
Median home value	$62,300 → $95,100 (+52.6%)	$40,600 → $35,900 (-11.6%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $863 (+15.1%)	$525 → $817 (+55.6%)

Prescott

Population

3,0353,063

Median household income

$37,540$29,403

Median home value

$62,300$95,100

Median gross rent

$750$863

Rosston

Population

414362

Median household income

$27,150$69,191

Median home value

$40,600$35,900

Median gross rent

$525$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prescott	Rosston
Under 5	7.9%	0.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	7.7%
18 to 24	16.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	5.1%	18.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	5.7%	18.5%
75 and over	8.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prescott	Rosston
White (non-Hispanic)	52.2%	19.6%
Black or African American	38.9%	80.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prescott	Rosston
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	54.2%	58.4%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prescott	Rosston
Drove alone	89.9%	87.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prescott	Rosston
1-unit, detached	74.7%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	40.2%

Poverty & households

	Prescott	Rosston
Poverty rate	34.1%	8.8%
Average household size	2.38	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	23	39
Median year structure built	1975	1993