Rose Creek vs Waltham

A side-by-side comparison of Rose Creek and Waltham: population, income, housing, and more.

Rose Creek and Waltham are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rose Creek has the higher population (453 vs 185 in Waltham). Rose Creek has the higher median household income ($79,583 vs $75,833 in Waltham). Rose Creek has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $112,500 in Waltham).

Population, income & housing

	Rose Creek	Waltham
Population	453	185
Median age	39.2 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,583	$75,833
Median home value	$139,800	$112,500
Median gross rent	$725	$1,069
Housing units	185	62
Homeownership rate	91.3%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	1.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rose Creek	Waltham
Population	469 → 453 (-3.4%)	151 → 185 (+22.5%)
Median household income	$49,500 → $79,583 (+60.8%)	$67,500 → $75,833 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $139,800 (+53.1%)	$77,900 → $112,500 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $725 (+18.3%)	$838 → $1,069 (+27.6%)

Rose Creek

Population

469453

Median household income

$49,500$79,583

Median home value

$91,300$139,800

Median gross rent

$613$725

Waltham

Population

151185

Median household income

$67,500$75,833

Median home value

$77,900$112,500

Median gross rent

$838$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rose Creek	Waltham
Under 5	3.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	37.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	5.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	19.2%	23.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	4.9%
55 to 64	8.8%	7.0%
65 to 74	17.4%	5.4%
75 and over	5.7%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rose Creek	Waltham
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rose Creek	Waltham
No high school diploma	4.6%	15.5%
High school graduate	28.4%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rose Creek	Waltham
Drove alone	82.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	15.9%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rose Creek	Waltham
1-unit, detached	94.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rose Creek	Waltham
Poverty rate	4.6%	11.4%
Average household size	2.62	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1958	1941