Madison vs Rosewood Heights

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

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

Rosewood Heights has the higher population (4,047 vs 2,788 in Madison). Rosewood Heights has the higher median household income ($80,753 vs $44,181 in Madison). Rosewood Heights has the higher median home value ($125,900 vs $51,200 in Madison).

Population, income & housing

	Madison	Rosewood Heights
Population	2,788	4,047
Median age	46.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,181	$80,753
Median home value	$51,200	$125,900
Median gross rent	$1,010	—
Housing units	1,498	1,708
Homeownership rate	44.9%	98.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	21.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison	Rosewood Heights
Population	3,338 → 2,788 (-16.5%)	4,063 → 4,047 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$30,316 → $44,181 (+45.7%)	$72,951 → $80,753 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$44,700 → $51,200 (+14.5%)	$121,700 → $125,900 (+3.5%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $1,010 (+36.9%)	$749 → $811 (+8.3%)

Madison

Population

3,3382,788

Median household income

$30,316$44,181

Median home value

$44,700$51,200

Median gross rent

$738$1,010

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)

	Madison	Rosewood Heights
Under 5	1.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	17.4%	15.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	24.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	15.5%
75 and over	5.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison	Rosewood Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	96.9%
Black or African American	57.7%	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	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison	Rosewood Heights
No high school diploma	17.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	41.2%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison	Rosewood Heights
Drove alone	94.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	2.5%	2.6%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison	Rosewood Heights
1-unit, detached	80.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Madison	Rosewood Heights
Poverty rate	30.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1954	1959