Leighton vs Rose Hill

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

Leighton 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 159 in Leighton). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($77,143 vs $75,000 in Leighton). Leighton has the higher median home value ($117,000 vs $65,500 in Rose Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Leighton	Rose Hill
Population	159	286
Median age	45.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$77,143
Median home value	$117,000	$65,500
Median gross rent	$770	—
Housing units	62	127
Homeownership rate	75.8%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leighton	Rose Hill
Population	221 → 159 (-28.1%)	126 → 286 (+127.0%)
Median household income	$59,167 → $75,000 (+26.8%)	$36,250 → $77,143 (+112.8%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $117,000 (+8.7%)	$60,000 → $65,500 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $770 (+28.3%)	—

Leighton

Population

221159

Median household income

$59,167$75,000

Median home value

$107,600$117,000

Median gross rent

$600$770

Rose Hill

Population

126286

Median household income

$36,250$77,143

Median home value

$60,000$65,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leighton	Rose Hill
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	29.7%
18 to 24	13.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	6.3%	4.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	17.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	21.3%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.8%
75 and over	10.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leighton	Rose Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leighton	Rose Hill
No high school diploma	4.7%	13.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leighton	Rose Hill
Drove alone	73.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	2.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	8.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leighton	Rose Hill
1-unit, detached	91.9%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Leighton	Rose Hill
Poverty rate	0.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1950	1938