Portsmouth vs Rosemount

A side-by-side comparison of Portsmouth and Rosemount: population, income, housing, and more.

Portsmouth and Rosemount are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Portsmouth has the higher population (17,919 vs 1,995 in Rosemount). Rosemount has the higher median household income ($48,021 vs $35,319 in Portsmouth). Rosemount has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $95,000 in Portsmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Portsmouth	Rosemount
Population	17,919	1,995
Median age	37.1 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,319	$48,021
Median home value	$95,000	$104,000
Median gross rent	$758	$932
Housing units	8,508	1,104
Homeownership rate	46.8%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portsmouth	Rosemount
Population	20,311 → 17,919 (-11.8%)	2,053 → 1,995 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$28,840 → $35,319 (+22.5%)	$58,833 → $48,021 (-18.4%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $95,000 (+21.2%)	$92,700 → $104,000 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $758 (+25.1%)	$715 → $932 (+30.3%)

Portsmouth

Population

20,31117,919

Median household income

$28,840$35,319

Median home value

$78,400$95,000

Median gross rent

$606$758

Rosemount

Population

2,0531,995

Median household income

$58,833$48,021

Median home value

$92,700$104,000

Median gross rent

$715$932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portsmouth	Rosemount
Under 5	6.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	4.3%
18 to 24	12.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	20.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.2%
75 and over	7.7%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portsmouth	Rosemount
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	92.5%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portsmouth	Rosemount
No high school diploma	14.3%	7.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portsmouth	Rosemount
Drove alone	78.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portsmouth	Rosemount
1-unit, detached	71.6%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	1.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Portsmouth	Rosemount
Poverty rate	37.5%	12.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1947	1968