Barnes City vs Rose Hill

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

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

Rose Hill has the higher population (286 vs 140 in Barnes City). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($77,143 vs $47,813 in Barnes City). Barnes City has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $65,500 in Rose Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Barnes City	Rose Hill
Population	140	286
Median age	43.4 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,813	$77,143
Median home value	$100,000	$65,500
Median gross rent	$800	—
Housing units	74	127
Homeownership rate	69.8%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnes City	Rose Hill
Population	269 → 140 (-48.0%)	126 → 286 (+127.0%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $47,813 (+4.8%)	$36,250 → $77,143 (+112.8%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $100,000 (+60.0%)	$60,000 → $65,500 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $800 (+25.2%)	—

Barnes City

Population

269140

Median household income

$45,625$47,813

Median home value

$62,500$100,000

Median gross rent

$639$800

Rose Hill

Population

126286

Median household income

$36,250$77,143

Median home value

$60,000$65,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnes City	Rose Hill
Under 5	18.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.7%	29.7%
18 to 24	3.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	4.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	17.8%
45 to 54	5.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	21.3%
65 to 74	19.3%	9.8%
75 and over	10.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnes City	Rose Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	99.3%
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	2.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnes City	Rose Hill
No high school diploma	10.9%	13.0%
High school graduate	50.5%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnes City	Rose Hill
Drove alone	76.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	1.7%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	6.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnes City	Rose Hill
1-unit, detached	77.0%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Barnes City	Rose Hill
Poverty rate	6.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938