Rosewood Heights vs South Roxana

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

Rosewood Heights and South Roxana 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 2,180 in South Roxana). Rosewood Heights has the higher median household income ($80,753 vs $56,364 in South Roxana). Rosewood Heights has the higher median home value ($125,900 vs $87,200 in South Roxana).

Population, income & housing

	Rosewood Heights	South Roxana
Population	4,047	2,180
Median age	45.0 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,753	$56,364
Median home value	$125,900	$87,200
Median gross rent	—	$821
Housing units	1,708	933
Homeownership rate	98.7%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosewood Heights	South Roxana
Population	4,063 → 4,047 (-0.4%)	2,073 → 2,180 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$72,951 → $80,753 (+10.7%)	$45,200 → $56,364 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $125,900 (+3.5%)	$76,400 → $87,200 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $811 (+8.3%)	$671 → $821 (+22.4%)

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

South Roxana

Population

2,0732,180

Median household income

$45,200$56,364

Median home value

$76,400$87,200

Median gross rent

$671$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rosewood Heights	South Roxana
Under 5	5.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	15.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	15.5%	7.8%
75 and over	9.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosewood Heights	South Roxana
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosewood Heights	South Roxana
No high school diploma	5.7%	14.5%
High school graduate	37.2%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosewood Heights	South Roxana
Drove alone	81.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosewood Heights	South Roxana
1-unit, detached	100.0%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Rosewood Heights	South Roxana
Poverty rate	8.2%	20.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1959	1973