Rauchtown vs South Renovo

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

Rauchtown and South Renovo 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 478 in South Renovo). Rauchtown has the higher median household income ($73,819 vs $42,857 in South Renovo). Rauchtown has the higher median home value ($192,900 vs $55,200 in South Renovo).

Population, income & housing

	Rauchtown	South Renovo
Population	653	478
Median age	38.6 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,819	$42,857
Median home value	$192,900	$55,200
Median gross rent	$1,146	$955
Housing units	291	239
Homeownership rate	94.3%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rauchtown	South Renovo
Population	587 → 653 (+11.2%)	500 → 478 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$58,542 → $73,819 (+26.1%)	$48,125 → $42,857 (-10.9%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $192,900 (+26.5%)	$40,700 → $55,200 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $1,146 (+63.7%)	$686 → $955 (+39.2%)

Rauchtown

Population

587653

Median household income

$58,542$73,819

Median home value

$152,500$192,900

Median gross rent

$700$1,146

South Renovo

Population

500478

Median household income

$48,125$42,857

Median home value

$40,700$55,200

Median gross rent

$686$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rauchtown	South Renovo
Under 5	8.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	3.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	8.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	18.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	21.8%
75 and over	11.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rauchtown	South Renovo
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rauchtown	South Renovo
No high school diploma	9.7%	9.3%
High school graduate	61.0%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rauchtown	South Renovo
Drove alone	93.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	1.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rauchtown	South Renovo
1-unit, detached	85.2%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	24.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rauchtown	South Renovo
Poverty rate	8.9%	19.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1975	1938