East Alton vs Rosewood Heights

A side-by-side comparison of East Alton and Rosewood Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

East Alton and Rosewood Heights are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Alton has the higher population (5,729 vs 4,047 in Rosewood Heights). Rosewood Heights has the higher median household income ($80,753 vs $46,926 in East Alton). Rosewood Heights has the higher median home value ($125,900 vs $99,600 in East Alton).

Population, income & housing

	East Alton	Rosewood Heights
Population	5,729	4,047
Median age	45.2 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,926	$80,753
Median home value	$99,600	$125,900
Median gross rent	$819	—
Housing units	3,159	1,708
Homeownership rate	62.5%	98.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Alton	Rosewood Heights
Population	6,061 → 5,729 (-5.5%)	4,063 → 4,047 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$44,830 → $46,926 (+4.7%)	$72,951 → $80,753 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $99,600 (+22.8%)	$121,700 → $125,900 (+3.5%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $819 (+6.9%)	$749 → $811 (+8.3%)

East Alton

Population

6,0615,729

Median household income

$44,830$46,926

Median home value

$81,100$99,600

Median gross rent

$766$819

Rosewood Heights

Population

4,0634,047

Median household income

$72,951$80,753

Median home value

$121,700$125,900

Median gross rent

$749$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Alton	Rosewood Heights
Under 5	6.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	17.5%	15.8%
35 to 44	6.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	17.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	15.5%
75 and over	7.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Alton	Rosewood Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	96.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.3%
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	6.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Alton	Rosewood Heights
No high school diploma	12.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	37.9%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Alton	Rosewood Heights
Drove alone	75.2%	81.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	16.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Alton	Rosewood Heights
1-unit, detached	84.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Alton	Rosewood Heights
Poverty rate	14.5%	8.2%
Average household size	2.09	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1955	1959