Polk vs Rouseville

A side-by-side comparison of Polk and Rouseville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Polk has the higher population (692 vs 470 in Rouseville). Rouseville has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $44,250 in Polk). Polk has the higher median home value ($87,500 vs $57,000 in Rouseville).

Population, income & housing

	Polk	Rouseville
Population	692	470
Median age	53.5 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,250	$56,250
Median home value	$87,500	$57,000
Median gross rent	$689	$1,057
Housing units	281	215
Homeownership rate	77.0%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Polk	Rouseville
Population	747 → 692 (-7.4%)	458 → 470 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$57,045 → $44,250 (-22.4%)	$46,250 → $56,250 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$62,200 → $87,500 (+40.7%)	$46,300 → $57,000 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $689 (+13.5%)	$662 → $1,057 (+59.7%)

Polk

Population

747692

Median household income

$57,045$44,250

Median home value

$62,200$87,500

Median gross rent

$607$689

Rouseville

Population

458470

Median household income

$46,250$56,250

Median home value

$46,300$57,000

Median gross rent

$662$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Polk	Rouseville
Under 5	3.6%	9.1%
5 to 17	10.3%	23.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	20.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	7.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	17.8%	8.7%
75 and over	10.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Polk	Rouseville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	97.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Polk	Rouseville
No high school diploma	24.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	45.1%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Polk	Rouseville
Drove alone	92.9%	83.9%
Carpooled	1.3%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	1.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Polk	Rouseville
1-unit, detached	85.8%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Polk	Rouseville
Poverty rate	35.0%	21.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1951	1941