Rose Hill vs Towanda

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

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

Rose Hill has the higher population (4,353 vs 1,748 in Towanda). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($98,827 vs $71,048 in Towanda). Rose Hill has the higher median home value ($213,400 vs $114,700 in Towanda).

Population, income & housing

	Rose Hill	Towanda
Population	4,353	1,748
Median age	33.7 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$98,827	$71,048
Median home value	$213,400	$114,700
Median gross rent	$998	$944
Housing units	1,602	702
Homeownership rate	82.8%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rose Hill	Towanda
Population	4,038 → 4,353 (+7.8%)	1,311 → 1,748 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$75,491 → $98,827 (+30.9%)	$56,989 → $71,048 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$144,400 → $213,400 (+47.8%)	$79,500 → $114,700 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $998 (-5.7%)	$804 → $944 (+17.4%)

Rose Hill

Population

4,0384,353

Median household income

$75,491$98,827

Median home value

$144,400$213,400

Median gross rent

$1,058$998

Towanda

Population

1,3111,748

Median household income

$56,989$71,048

Median home value

$79,500$114,700

Median gross rent

$804$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rose Hill	Towanda
Under 5	6.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	22.1%	29.1%
18 to 24	11.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.6%
75 and over	2.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rose Hill	Towanda
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	94.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rose Hill	Towanda
No high school diploma	2.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	26.1%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rose Hill	Towanda
Drove alone	87.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	2.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rose Hill	Towanda
1-unit, detached	82.8%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Rose Hill	Towanda
Poverty rate	0.9%	12.1%
Average household size	2.83	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1992	1987