Rose Hill vs Willow Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Rose Hill and Willow Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Rose Hill and Willow Hill are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Willow Hill has the higher population (266 vs 50 in Rose Hill). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($40,833 vs $34,464 in Willow Hill). Since 2019, Willow Hill's population has grown faster (+51.1% vs -45.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Rose Hill	Willow Hill
Population	50	266
Median age	43.5 yrs	27.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,833	$34,464
Housing units	22	93
Homeownership rate	95.5%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rose Hill	Willow Hill
Population	91 → 50 (-45.1%)	176 → 266 (+51.1%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $40,833 (+15.3%)	$32,125 → $34,464 (+7.3%)
Median home value	—	$33,800 → $55,000 (+62.7%)
Median gross rent	$438 → $475 (+8.4%)	$625 → $775 (+24.0%)

Rose Hill

Population

9150

Median household income

$35,417$40,833

Median gross rent

$438$475

Willow Hill

Population

176266

Median household income

$32,125$34,464

Median home value

$33,800$55,000

Median gross rent

$625$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rose Hill	Willow Hill
Under 5	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 17	26.0%	28.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	2.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	5.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	4.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	7.1%
75 and over	18.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rose Hill	Willow Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rose Hill	Willow Hill
No high school diploma	15.6%	10.6%
High school graduate	62.5%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rose Hill	Willow Hill
Drove alone	85.7%	72.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rose Hill	Willow Hill
1-unit, detached	77.3%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	22.7%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Rose Hill	Willow Hill
Poverty rate	28.0%	45.5%
Average household size	2.27	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1973	1976