Pepperdine University vs Rose Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Pepperdine University and Rose Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Pepperdine University and Rose Hills are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pepperdine University has the higher population (2,772 vs 2,485 in Rose Hills). Pepperdine University has the higher median household income ($179,868 vs $123,220 in Rose Hills). Rose Hills has the higher median home value ($883,500 vs $763,900 in Pepperdine University).

Population, income & housing

	Pepperdine University	Rose Hills
Population	2,772	2,485
Median age	20.0 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$179,868	$123,220
Median home value	$763,900	$883,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,800
Housing units	167	1,064
Homeownership rate	69.5%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	91.9%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pepperdine University	Rose Hills
Population	2,764 → 2,772 (+0.3%)	2,771 → 2,485 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$131,528 → $179,868 (+36.8%)	$101,364 → $123,220 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$596,000 → $763,900 (+28.2%)	$599,300 → $883,500 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,619 → $1,800 (+11.2%)

Pepperdine University

Population

2,7642,772

Median household income

$131,528$179,868

Median home value

$596,000$763,900

Rose Hills

Population

2,7712,485

Median household income

$101,364$123,220

Median home value

$599,300$883,500

Median gross rent

$1,619$1,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pepperdine University	Rose Hills
Under 5	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	4.4%	8.5%
18 to 24	81.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	4.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	1.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	4.1%	15.4%
55 to 64	0.8%	23.7%
65 to 74	3.0%	12.8%
75 and over	0.5%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pepperdine University	Rose Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	22.5%
Black or African American	7.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	23.8%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	58.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pepperdine University	Rose Hills
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	2.6%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	5.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	68.6%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pepperdine University	Rose Hills
Drove alone	32.2%	74.5%
Carpooled	1.7%	4.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	42.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	17.0%
Other means	3.9%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pepperdine University	Rose Hills
1-unit, detached	39.5%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	44.3%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	4.8%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pepperdine University	Rose Hills
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	11	30
Median year structure built	1988	1978