Prescott vs Rose City

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

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

Rose City has the higher population (588 vs 352 in Prescott). Prescott has the higher median household income ($55,673 vs $26,406 in Rose City). Prescott has the higher median home value ($71,100 vs $67,900 in Rose City).

Population, income & housing

	Prescott	Rose City
Population	352	588
Median age	44.8 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,673	$26,406
Median home value	$71,100	$67,900
Median gross rent	$961	$538
Housing units	154	269
Homeownership rate	90.6%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prescott	Rose City
Population	246 → 352 (+43.1%)	656 → 588 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $55,673 (+59.1%)	$28,125 → $26,406 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $71,100 (+29.3%)	$75,900 → $67,900 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $961 (+47.8%)	$544 → $538 (-1.1%)

Prescott

Population

246352

Median household income

$35,000$55,673

Median home value

$55,000$71,100

Median gross rent

$650$961

Rose City

Population

656588

Median household income

$28,125$26,406

Median home value

$75,900$67,900

Median gross rent

$544$538

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prescott	Rose City
Under 5	3.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.9%
65 to 74	17.6%	10.0%
75 and over	6.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prescott	Rose City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prescott	Rose City
No high school diploma	17.1%	19.1%
High school graduate	45.0%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prescott	Rose City
Drove alone	71.4%	93.4%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prescott	Rose City
1-unit, detached	89.0%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Prescott	Rose City
Poverty rate	23.4%	33.9%
Average household size	3.01	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1965	1967