Prospect vs Rowland

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

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

Rowland has the higher population (972 vs 850 in Prospect). Rowland has the higher median home value ($108,700 vs $86,800 in Prospect). Since 2019, Prospect's population has grown faster (+6.6% vs -9.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Prospect	Rowland
Population	850	972
Median age	42.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$31,667
Median home value	$86,800	$108,700
Median gross rent	—	$702
Housing units	317	550
Homeownership rate	93.8%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prospect	Rowland
Population	797 → 850 (+6.6%)	1,075 → 972 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$46,736 → $48,935 (+4.7%)	$22,443 → $31,667 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$106,800 → $86,800 (-18.7%)	$70,400 → $108,700 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$584 → $702 (+20.2%)

Prospect

Population

797850

Median household income

$46,736$48,935

Median home value

$106,800$86,800

Rowland

Population

1,075972

Median household income

$22,443$31,667

Median home value

$70,400$108,700

Median gross rent

$584$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prospect	Rowland
Under 5	0.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	20.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	13.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	20.4%
75 and over	2.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prospect	Rowland
White (non-Hispanic)	2.2%	19.5%
Black or African American	2.9%	68.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	94.8%	11.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prospect	Rowland
No high school diploma	6.5%	11.8%
High school graduate	32.0%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prospect	Rowland
Drove alone	88.7%	82.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	13.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prospect	Rowland
1-unit, detached	59.6%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	40.4%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Prospect	Rowland
Poverty rate	16.7%	33.3%
Average household size	3.09	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1991	1970