Pentwater vs Rothbury

A side-by-side comparison of Pentwater and Rothbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Pentwater and Rothbury are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pentwater has the higher population (885 vs 377 in Rothbury). Pentwater has the higher median household income ($76,688 vs $46,250 in Rothbury). Pentwater has the higher median home value ($347,200 vs $114,500 in Rothbury).

Population, income & housing

	Pentwater	Rothbury
Population	885	377
Median age	65.4 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,688	$46,250
Median home value	$347,200	$114,500
Median gross rent	$540	$910
Housing units	1,041	167
Homeownership rate	83.5%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.6%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pentwater	Rothbury
Population	717 → 885 (+23.4%)	446 → 377 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$50,655 → $76,688 (+51.4%)	$49,375 → $46,250 (-6.3%)
Median home value	$247,400 → $347,200 (+40.3%)	$96,500 → $114,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $540 (-8.9%)	$646 → $910 (+40.9%)

Pentwater

Population

717885

Median household income

$50,655$76,688

Median home value

$247,400$347,200

Median gross rent

$593$540

Rothbury

Population

446377

Median household income

$49,375$46,250

Median home value

$96,500$114,500

Median gross rent

$646$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pentwater	Rothbury
Under 5	0.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	7.8%	21.0%
18 to 24	1.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	4.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	7.2%	20.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	17.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	32.1%	10.1%
75 and over	19.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pentwater	Rothbury
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pentwater	Rothbury
No high school diploma	7.1%	9.1%
High school graduate	17.3%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pentwater	Rothbury
Drove alone	64.4%	78.8%
Carpooled	2.1%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.1%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pentwater	Rothbury
1-unit, detached	80.3%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	28.1%

Poverty & households

	Pentwater	Rothbury
Poverty rate	11.4%	14.6%
Average household size	2.03	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1971	1971