Beacon vs Rose Hill

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

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

Beacon has the higher population (497 vs 286 in Rose Hill). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($77,143 vs $56,000 in Beacon). Beacon has the higher median home value ($76,200 vs $65,500 in Rose Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon	Rose Hill
Population	497	286
Median age	40.4 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,000	$77,143
Median home value	$76,200	$65,500
Median gross rent	$729	—
Housing units	220	127
Homeownership rate	86.2%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon	Rose Hill
Population	639 → 497 (-22.2%)	126 → 286 (+127.0%)
Median household income	$37,188 → $56,000 (+50.6%)	$36,250 → $77,143 (+112.8%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $76,200 (+12.9%)	$60,000 → $65,500 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $729 (-8.1%)	—

Beacon

Population

639497

Median household income

$37,188$56,000

Median home value

$67,500$76,200

Median gross rent

$793$729

Rose Hill

Population

126286

Median household income

$36,250$77,143

Median home value

$60,000$65,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon	Rose Hill
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	29.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	6.6%	4.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	17.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	21.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.8%
75 and over	8.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon	Rose Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	99.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon	Rose Hill
No high school diploma	11.4%	13.0%
High school graduate	46.7%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon	Rose Hill
Drove alone	79.6%	73.5%
Carpooled	19.3%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon	Rose Hill
1-unit, detached	63.2%	96.9%
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	36.8%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Beacon	Rose Hill
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1982	1938