New Sharon vs Rose Hill

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

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

New Sharon has the higher population (1,147 vs 286 in Rose Hill). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($77,143 vs $60,000 in New Sharon). New Sharon has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $65,500 in Rose Hill).

Population, income & housing

	New Sharon	Rose Hill
Population	1,147	286
Median age	38.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$77,143
Median home value	$125,000	$65,500
Median gross rent	$564	—
Housing units	637	127
Homeownership rate	78.6%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Sharon	Rose Hill
Population	1,144 → 1,147 (+0.3%)	126 → 286 (+127.0%)
Median household income	$65,341 → $60,000 (-8.2%)	$36,250 → $77,143 (+112.8%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $125,000 (+12.0%)	$60,000 → $65,500 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $564 (+15.6%)	—

New Sharon

Population

1,1441,147

Median household income

$65,341$60,000

Median home value

$111,600$125,000

Median gross rent

$488$564

Rose Hill

Population

126286

Median household income

$36,250$77,143

Median home value

$60,000$65,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Sharon	Rose Hill
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	29.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	4.2%
35 to 44	17.6%	17.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	21.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	9.8%
75 and over	7.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Sharon	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	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Sharon	Rose Hill
No high school diploma	4.7%	13.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Sharon	Rose Hill
Drove alone	80.9%	73.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	1.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Sharon	Rose Hill
1-unit, detached	81.9%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	New Sharon	Rose Hill
Poverty rate	11.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1957	1938