Rosemead vs Rowland Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Rosemead and Rowland Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rosemead has the higher population (50,340 vs 46,787 in Rowland Heights). Rowland Heights has the higher median household income ($85,202 vs $72,248 in Rosemead). Rowland Heights has the higher median home value ($812,900 vs $729,600 in Rosemead).

Population, income & housing

	Rosemead	Rowland Heights
Population	50,340	46,787
Median age	44.5 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,248	$85,202
Median home value	$729,600	$812,900
Median gross rent	$1,728	$1,929
Housing units	15,220	15,731
Homeownership rate	48.2%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosemead	Rowland Heights
Population	54,282 → 50,340 (-7.3%)	50,347 → 46,787 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$57,999 → $72,248 (+24.6%)	$75,587 → $85,202 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$556,600 → $729,600 (+31.1%)	$637,900 → $812,900 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,353 → $1,728 (+27.7%)	$1,613 → $1,929 (+19.6%)

Rosemead

Population

54,28250,340

Median household income

$57,999$72,248

Median home value

$556,600$729,600

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,728

Rowland Heights

Population

50,34746,787

Median household income

$75,587$85,202

Median home value

$637,900$812,900

Median gross rent

$1,613$1,929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rosemead	Rowland Heights
Under 5	3.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.8%
75 and over	8.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosemead	Rowland Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	3.7%	6.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	64.6%	59.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	30.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosemead	Rowland Heights
No high school diploma	33.8%	14.5%
High school graduate	26.0%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosemead	Rowland Heights
Drove alone	74.9%	71.2%
Carpooled	12.1%	12.8%
Public transit	1.9%	1.9%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.7%	12.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosemead	Rowland Heights
1-unit, detached	71.0%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	6.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Rosemead	Rowland Heights
Poverty rate	14.1%	11.3%
Average household size	3.48	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1959	1976