Rosedale vs Rossville

A side-by-side comparison of Rosedale and Rossville: population, income, housing, and more.

Rosedale and Rossville are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rosedale has the higher population (20,845 vs 15,088 in Rossville). Rossville has the higher median household income ($91,469 vs $83,957 in Rosedale). Rossville has the higher median home value ($296,600 vs $264,900 in Rosedale).

Population, income & housing

	Rosedale	Rossville
Population	20,845	15,088
Median age	40.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,957	$91,469
Median home value	$264,900	$296,600
Median gross rent	$1,392	$1,465
Housing units	8,070	6,913
Homeownership rate	73.6%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosedale	Rossville
Population	19,842 → 20,845 (+5.1%)	15,127 → 15,088 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$73,047 → $83,957 (+14.9%)	$66,522 → $91,469 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$205,700 → $264,900 (+28.8%)	$221,400 → $296,600 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,194 → $1,392 (+16.6%)	$1,233 → $1,465 (+18.8%)

Rosedale

Population

19,84220,845

Median household income

$73,047$83,957

Median home value

$205,700$264,900

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,392

Rossville

Population

15,12715,088

Median household income

$66,522$91,469

Median home value

$221,400$296,600

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,465

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rosedale	Rossville
Under 5	6.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	8.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	19.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.7%
75 and over	6.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosedale	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	40.8%	37.3%
Black or African American	39.7%	44.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	5.8%	8.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosedale	Rossville
No high school diploma	9.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosedale	Rossville
Drove alone	70.0%	67.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	10.6%
Public transit	4.3%	3.7%
Walked	1.8%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	7.4%
Other means	1.6%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosedale	Rossville
1-unit, detached	65.9%	28.5%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	22.7%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	39.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rosedale	Rossville
Poverty rate	10.4%	9.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1963	1990