Prudenville vs Roscommon

A side-by-side comparison of Prudenville and Roscommon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prudenville has the higher population (1,286 vs 1,029 in Roscommon). Roscommon has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $35,833 in Prudenville). Prudenville has the higher median home value ($167,300 vs $81,600 in Roscommon).

Population, income & housing

	Prudenville	Roscommon
Population	1,286	1,029
Median age	43.7 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$54,375
Median home value	$167,300	$81,600
Median gross rent	$788	$544
Housing units	1,437	594
Homeownership rate	65.4%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prudenville	Roscommon
Population	1,942 → 1,286 (-33.8%)	1,050 → 1,029 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$48,657 → $35,833 (-26.4%)	$35,163 → $54,375 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$147,200 → $167,300 (+13.7%)	$62,300 → $81,600 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $788 (-7.9%)	$490 → $544 (+11.0%)

Prudenville

Population

1,9421,286

Median household income

$48,657$35,833

Median home value

$147,200$167,300

Median gross rent

$856$788

Roscommon

Population

1,0501,029

Median household income

$35,163$54,375

Median home value

$62,300$81,600

Median gross rent

$490$544

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prudenville	Roscommon
Under 5	3.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	7.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	19.9%	7.3%
45 to 54	5.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	26.8%
65 to 74	19.1%	14.1%
75 and over	12.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prudenville	Roscommon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prudenville	Roscommon
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prudenville	Roscommon
Drove alone	74.6%	74.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	5.0%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prudenville	Roscommon
1-unit, detached	70.8%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Prudenville	Roscommon
Poverty rate	16.2%	11.6%
Average household size	2.05	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1975	1969