Rose Hill vs Whitewater

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

Rose Hill and Whitewater 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 900 in Whitewater). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($98,827 vs $71,875 in Whitewater). Rose Hill has the higher median home value ($213,400 vs $123,700 in Whitewater).

Population, income & housing

	Rose Hill	Whitewater
Population	4,353	900
Median age	33.7 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,827	$71,875
Median home value	$213,400	$123,700
Median gross rent	$998	$933
Housing units	1,602	366
Homeownership rate	82.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rose Hill	Whitewater
Population	4,038 → 4,353 (+7.8%)	778 → 900 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$75,491 → $98,827 (+30.9%)	$63,487 → $71,875 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$144,400 → $213,400 (+47.8%)	$107,100 → $123,700 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $998 (-5.7%)	$750 → $933 (+24.4%)

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

Whitewater

Population

778900

Median household income

$63,487$71,875

Median home value

$107,100$123,700

Median gross rent

$750$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rose Hill	Whitewater
Under 5	6.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	22.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	11.9%	12.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	5.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	25.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.3%
75 and over	2.7%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rose Hill	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.8%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rose Hill	Whitewater
No high school diploma	2.7%	13.8%
High school graduate	26.1%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rose Hill	Whitewater
Drove alone	87.1%	88.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rose Hill	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	82.8%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Rose Hill	Whitewater
Poverty rate	0.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1992	1938