Rose Hill vs University Park

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

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

University Park has the higher population (704 vs 286 in Rose Hill). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($77,143 vs $65,815 in University Park). University Park has the higher median home value ($92,700 vs $65,500 in Rose Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Rose Hill	University Park
Population	286	704
Median age	42.4 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,143	$65,815
Median home value	$65,500	$92,700
Median gross rent	—	$731
Housing units	127	286
Homeownership rate	89.0%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rose Hill	University Park
Population	126 → 286 (+127.0%)	429 → 704 (+64.1%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $77,143 (+112.8%)	$49,167 → $65,815 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $65,500 (+9.2%)	$85,700 → $92,700 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$704 → $731 (+3.8%)

Rose Hill

Population

126286

Median household income

$36,250$77,143

Median home value

$60,000$65,500

University Park

Population

429704

Median household income

$49,167$65,815

Median home value

$85,700$92,700

Median gross rent

$704$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rose Hill	University Park
Under 5	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 17	29.7%	24.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	14.8%
25 to 34	4.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	17.8%	19.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	21.3%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	2.3%
75 and over	3.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rose Hill	University Park
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rose Hill	University Park
No high school diploma	13.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	44.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rose Hill	University Park
Drove alone	73.5%	78.0%
Carpooled	12.5%	11.5%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rose Hill	University Park
1-unit, detached	96.9%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Rose Hill	University Park
Poverty rate	7.7%	9.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	30	16
Median year structure built	1938	1938