Fremont vs Rose Hill

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

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

Fremont has the higher population (937 vs 286 in Rose Hill). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($77,143 vs $73,239 in Fremont). Fremont has the higher median home value ($89,500 vs $65,500 in Rose Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Fremont	Rose Hill
Population	937	286
Median age	28.1 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,239	$77,143
Median home value	$89,500	$65,500
Median gross rent	$711	—
Housing units	370	127
Homeownership rate	71.2%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fremont	Rose Hill
Population	869 → 937 (+7.8%)	126 → 286 (+127.0%)
Median household income	$51,058 → $73,239 (+43.4%)	$36,250 → $77,143 (+112.8%)
Median home value	$90,900 → $89,500 (-1.5%)	$60,000 → $65,500 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $711 (+23.0%)	—

Fremont

Population

869937

Median household income

$51,058$73,239

Median home value

$90,900$89,500

Median gross rent

$578$711

Rose Hill

Population

126286

Median household income

$36,250$77,143

Median home value

$60,000$65,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fremont	Rose Hill
Under 5	16.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	29.7%
18 to 24	11.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	18.4%	4.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	17.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	7.7%	21.3%
65 to 74	4.9%	9.8%
75 and over	3.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fremont	Rose Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	99.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	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	4.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fremont	Rose Hill
No high school diploma	6.8%	13.0%
High school graduate	37.3%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fremont	Rose Hill
Drove alone	93.9%	73.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fremont	Rose Hill
1-unit, detached	74.3%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Fremont	Rose Hill
Poverty rate	8.4%	7.7%
Average household size	3.03	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1974	1938