Oskaloosa vs Rose Hill

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

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

Oskaloosa has the higher population (11,492 vs 286 in Rose Hill). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($77,143 vs $62,172 in Oskaloosa). Oskaloosa has the higher median home value ($128,900 vs $65,500 in Rose Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Oskaloosa	Rose Hill
Population	11,492	286
Median age	37.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,172	$77,143
Median home value	$128,900	$65,500
Median gross rent	$880	—
Housing units	5,139	127
Homeownership rate	60.5%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oskaloosa	Rose Hill
Population	11,511 → 11,492 (-0.2%)	126 → 286 (+127.0%)
Median household income	$47,429 → $62,172 (+31.1%)	$36,250 → $77,143 (+112.8%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $128,900 (+33.9%)	$60,000 → $65,500 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $880 (+34.8%)	—

Oskaloosa

Population

11,51111,492

Median household income

$47,429$62,172

Median home value

$96,300$128,900

Median gross rent

$653$880

Rose Hill

Population

126286

Median household income

$36,250$77,143

Median home value

$60,000$65,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oskaloosa	Rose Hill
Under 5	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	29.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	4.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	17.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	21.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.8%
75 and over	8.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oskaloosa	Rose Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	99.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oskaloosa	Rose Hill
No high school diploma	6.0%	13.0%
High school graduate	37.0%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oskaloosa	Rose Hill
Drove alone	79.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	4.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oskaloosa	Rose Hill
1-unit, detached	70.6%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Oskaloosa	Rose Hill
Poverty rate	16.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1964	1938