Rote vs South Renovo

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

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

Rote has the higher population (608 vs 478 in South Renovo). Rote has the higher median household income ($82,426 vs $42,857 in South Renovo). Rote has the higher median home value ($214,600 vs $55,200 in South Renovo).

Population, income & housing

	Rote	South Renovo
Population	608	478
Median age	44.5 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,426	$42,857
Median home value	$214,600	$55,200
Median gross rent	$857	$955
Housing units	269	239
Homeownership rate	90.7%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rote	South Renovo
Population	546 → 608 (+11.4%)	500 → 478 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$62,206 → $82,426 (+32.5%)	$48,125 → $42,857 (-10.9%)
Median home value	$158,400 → $214,600 (+35.5%)	$40,700 → $55,200 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$686 → $955 (+39.2%)

Rote

Population

546608

Median household income

$62,206$82,426

Median home value

$158,400$214,600

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)

	Rote	South Renovo
Under 5	2.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	17.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	4.4%	21.8%
75 and over	10.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rote	South Renovo
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.0%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rote	South Renovo
No high school diploma	6.4%	9.3%
High school graduate	44.3%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rote	South Renovo
Drove alone	80.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	12.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	9.4%
Other means	1.5%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rote	South Renovo
1-unit, detached	91.8%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	24.7%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rote	South Renovo
Poverty rate	6.9%	19.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1970	1938