Prospect vs Rennert

A side-by-side comparison of Prospect and Rennert: population, income, housing, and more.

Prospect and Rennert are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prospect has the higher population (850 vs 267 in Rennert). Prospect has the higher median home value ($86,800 vs $45,800 in Rennert). Since 2019, Prospect's population has grown faster (+6.6% vs -30.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Prospect	Rennert
Population	850	267
Median age	42.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median home value	$86,800	$45,800
Median gross rent	—	$656
Housing units	317	153
Homeownership rate	93.8%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prospect	Rennert
Population	797 → 850 (+6.6%)	386 → 267 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$46,736 → $48,935 (+4.7%)	$31,167 → $29,000 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$106,800 → $86,800 (-18.7%)	$57,500 → $45,800 (-20.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$470 → $656 (+39.6%)

Prospect

Population

797850

Median household income

$46,736$48,935

Median home value

$106,800$86,800

Rennert

Population

386267

Median household income

$31,167$29,000

Median home value

$57,500$45,800

Median gross rent

$470$656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prospect	Rennert
Under 5	0.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	13.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	31.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	5.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.5%
75 and over	2.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prospect	Rennert
White (non-Hispanic)	2.2%	6.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	94.8%	52.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prospect	Rennert
No high school diploma	6.5%	21.8%
High school graduate	32.0%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prospect	Rennert
Drove alone	88.7%	86.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prospect	Rennert
1-unit, detached	59.6%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.4%	35.9%

Poverty & households

	Prospect	Rennert
Poverty rate	16.7%	31.4%
Average household size	3.09	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1991	1969