Rauchtown vs Rote

A side-by-side comparison of Rauchtown and Rote: population, income, housing, and more.

Rauchtown and Rote are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rauchtown has the higher population (653 vs 608 in Rote). Rote has the higher median household income ($82,426 vs $73,819 in Rauchtown). Rote has the higher median home value ($214,600 vs $192,900 in Rauchtown).

Population, income & housing

	Rauchtown	Rote
Population	653	608
Median age	38.6 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,819	$82,426
Median home value	$192,900	$214,600
Median gross rent	$1,146	$857
Housing units	291	269
Homeownership rate	94.3%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rauchtown	Rote
Population	587 → 653 (+11.2%)	546 → 608 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$58,542 → $73,819 (+26.1%)	$62,206 → $82,426 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $192,900 (+26.5%)	$158,400 → $214,600 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $1,146 (+63.7%)	—

Rauchtown

Population

587653

Median household income

$58,542$73,819

Median home value

$152,500$192,900

Median gross rent

$700$1,146

Rote

Population

546608

Median household income

$62,206$82,426

Median home value

$158,400$214,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rauchtown	Rote
Under 5	8.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	17.4%
55 to 64	18.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	4.4%
75 and over	11.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rauchtown	Rote
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rauchtown	Rote
No high school diploma	9.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	61.0%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rauchtown	Rote
Drove alone	93.2%	80.2%
Carpooled	1.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rauchtown	Rote
1-unit, detached	85.2%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Rauchtown	Rote
Poverty rate	8.9%	6.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1975	1970