Highland Lake vs Rosa

A side-by-side comparison of Highland Lake and Rosa: population, income, housing, and more.

Highland Lake and Rosa are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rosa has the higher population (759 vs 516 in Highland Lake). Since 2019, Rosa's population has grown faster (+76.1% vs +24.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Lake	Rosa
Population	516	759
Median age	60.0 yrs	61.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	—
Median home value	$268,500	—
Median gross rent	$950	$728
Housing units	323	327
Homeownership rate	89.0%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Lake	Rosa
Population	416 → 516 (+24.0%)	431 → 759 (+76.1%)
Median household income	$60,875 → $65,625 (+7.8%)	$55,500 → $36,346 (-34.5%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $268,500 (+19.3%)	$115,000 → $120,800 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $950 (+5.6%)	$820 → $728 (-11.2%)

Highland Lake

Population

416516

Median household income

$60,875$65,625

Median home value

$225,000$268,500

Median gross rent

$900$950

Rosa

Population

431759

Median household income

$55,500$36,346

Median home value

$115,000$120,800

Median gross rent

$820$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Lake	Rosa
Under 5	2.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	9.5%	8.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	3.4%
25 to 34	3.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	4.8%	4.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	6.2%
55 to 64	31.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	22.1%	43.3%
75 and over	11.2%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Lake	Rosa
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Lake	Rosa
No high school diploma	11.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	28.2%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Lake	Rosa
Drove alone	80.1%	91.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Lake	Rosa
1-unit, detached	99.1%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
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	0.0%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Highland Lake	Rosa
Poverty rate	10.3%	4.5%
Average household size	2.10	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	42	39
Median year structure built	1979	1976