Brevard vs Rosman

A side-by-side comparison of Brevard and Rosman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brevard has the higher population (7,795 vs 730 in Rosman). Rosman has the higher median household income ($53,224 vs $44,356 in Brevard). Brevard has the higher median home value ($411,000 vs $149,500 in Rosman).

Population, income & housing

	Brevard	Rosman
Population	7,795	730
Median age	47.7 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,356	$53,224
Median home value	$411,000	$149,500
Median gross rent	$878	$862
Housing units	4,159	413
Homeownership rate	50.1%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brevard	Rosman
Population	7,824 → 7,795 (-0.4%)	486 → 730 (+50.2%)
Median household income	$42,213 → $44,356 (+5.1%)	$25,625 → $53,224 (+107.7%)
Median home value	$232,500 → $411,000 (+76.8%)	$80,000 → $149,500 (+86.9%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $878 (+21.4%)	$695 → $862 (+24.0%)

Brevard

Population

7,8247,795

Median household income

$42,213$44,356

Median home value

$232,500$411,000

Median gross rent

$723$878

Rosman

Population

486730

Median household income

$25,625$53,224

Median home value

$80,000$149,500

Median gross rent

$695$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brevard	Rosman
Under 5	3.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	17.9%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	5.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	21.4%
75 and over	14.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brevard	Rosman
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	87.8%
Black or African American	10.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brevard	Rosman
No high school diploma	5.9%	16.1%
High school graduate	19.7%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brevard	Rosman
Drove alone	70.1%	69.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	28.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	1.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brevard	Rosman
1-unit, detached	61.5%	25.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	73.4%

Poverty & households

	Brevard	Rosman
Poverty rate	17.2%	22.3%
Average household size	1.89	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1971	1992