Rosamond vs Rosedale

A side-by-side comparison of Rosamond and Rosedale: population, income, housing, and more.

Rosamond and Rosedale are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rosamond has the higher population (20,835 vs 19,325 in Rosedale). Rosedale has the higher median household income ($134,697 vs $77,773 in Rosamond). Rosedale has the higher median home value ($594,000 vs $330,100 in Rosamond).

Population, income & housing

	Rosamond	Rosedale
Population	20,835	19,325
Median age	30.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,773	$134,697
Median home value	$330,100	$594,000
Median gross rent	$1,230	$1,240
Housing units	7,179	6,503
Homeownership rate	78.0%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosamond	Rosedale
Population	20,851 → 20,835 (-0.1%)	16,820 → 19,325 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$61,807 → $77,773 (+25.8%)	$113,766 → $134,697 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$208,600 → $330,100 (+58.2%)	$412,500 → $594,000 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,230 (+29.6%)	$903 → $1,240 (+37.3%)

Rosamond

Population

20,85120,835

Median household income

$61,807$77,773

Median home value

$208,600$330,100

Median gross rent

$949$1,230

Rosedale

Population

16,82019,325

Median household income

$113,766$134,697

Median home value

$412,500$594,000

Median gross rent

$903$1,240

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rosamond	Rosedale
Under 5	7.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	22.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.6%
75 and over	4.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosamond	Rosedale
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	64.1%
Black or African American	13.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.9%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	43.7%	22.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosamond	Rosedale
No high school diploma	14.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	33.3%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosamond	Rosedale
Drove alone	80.1%	85.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosamond	Rosedale
1-unit, detached	65.6%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Rosamond	Rosedale
Poverty rate	17.4%	5.4%
Average household size	3.15	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1993	1999