Rose City vs West Branch

A side-by-side comparison of Rose City and West Branch: population, income, housing, and more.

Rose City and West Branch are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Branch has the higher population (2,177 vs 588 in Rose City). West Branch has the higher median household income ($40,078 vs $26,406 in Rose City). West Branch has the higher median home value ($114,300 vs $67,900 in Rose City).

Population, income & housing

	Rose City	West Branch
Population	588	2,177
Median age	45.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$26,406	$40,078
Median home value	$67,900	$114,300
Median gross rent	$538	$847
Housing units	269	1,134
Homeownership rate	57.2%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rose City	West Branch
Population	656 → 588 (-10.4%)	2,177 → 2,177 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$28,125 → $26,406 (-6.1%)	$29,206 → $40,078 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $67,900 (-10.5%)	$78,800 → $114,300 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $538 (-1.1%)	$674 → $847 (+25.7%)

Rose City

Population

656588

Median household income

$28,125$26,406

Median home value

$75,900$67,900

Median gross rent

$544$538

West Branch

Population

2,1772,177

Median household income

$29,206$40,078

Median home value

$78,800$114,300

Median gross rent

$674$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rose City	West Branch
Under 5	6.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	17.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	14.0%
75 and over	13.4%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rose City	West Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	86.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rose City	West Branch
No high school diploma	19.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	47.5%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rose City	West Branch
Drove alone	93.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rose City	West Branch
1-unit, detached	64.3%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	21.2%	15.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rose City	West Branch
Poverty rate	33.9%	24.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1967	1973