Pitt County vs Rowan County

A side-by-side comparison of Pitt County and Rowan County: population, income, housing, and more.

Pitt County and Rowan County are counties in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pitt County has the higher population (172,279 vs 148,487 in Rowan County). Rowan County has the higher median household income ($63,196 vs $58,851 in Pitt County). Rowan County has the higher median home value ($216,100 vs $194,300 in Pitt County).

Population, income & housing

	Pitt County	Rowan County
Population	172,279	148,487
Median age	33.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,851	$63,196
Median home value	$194,300	$216,100
Median gross rent	$971	$990
Housing units	81,656	64,263
Homeownership rate	50.9%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pitt County	Rowan County
Population	178,433 → 172,279 (-3.4%)	140,296 → 148,487 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$47,437 → $58,851 (+24.1%)	$49,842 → $63,196 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$148,600 → $194,300 (+30.8%)	$136,400 → $216,100 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $971 (+22.3%)	$772 → $990 (+28.2%)

Pitt County

Population

178,433172,279

Median household income

$47,437$58,851

Median home value

$148,600$194,300

Median gross rent

$794$971

Rowan County

Population

140,296148,487

Median household income

$49,842$63,196

Median home value

$136,400$216,100

Median gross rent

$772$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pitt County	Rowan County
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	16.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.7%
75 and over	5.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pitt County	Rowan County
White (non-Hispanic)	51.9%	68.5%
Black or African American	34.9%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pitt County	Rowan County
No high school diploma	9.1%	11.9%
High school graduate	24.7%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pitt County	Rowan County
Drove alone	75.9%	79.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.3%
Walked	2.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.0%	7.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pitt County	Rowan County
1-unit, detached	48.3%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	5.2%
20 or more units	7.1%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Pitt County	Rowan County
Poverty rate	19.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1993	1982