Kenansville vs Rose Hill

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

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

Rose Hill has the higher population (1,501 vs 1,157 in Kenansville). Kenansville has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $44,722 in Rose Hill). Kenansville has the higher median home value ($144,800 vs $116,200 in Rose Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Kenansville	Rose Hill
Population	1,157	1,501
Median age	43.0 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$44,722
Median home value	$144,800	$116,200
Median gross rent	$386	$815
Housing units	450	655
Homeownership rate	65.3%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenansville	Rose Hill
Population	943 → 1,157 (+22.7%)	2,315 → 1,501 (-35.2%)
Median household income	$26,683 → $62,917 (+135.8%)	$33,631 → $44,722 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $144,800 (+61.4%)	$81,900 → $116,200 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$428 → $386 (-9.8%)	$797 → $815 (+2.3%)

Kenansville

Population

9431,157

Median household income

$26,683$62,917

Median home value

$89,700$144,800

Median gross rent

$428$386

Rose Hill

Population

2,3151,501

Median household income

$33,631$44,722

Median home value

$81,900$116,200

Median gross rent

$797$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenansville	Rose Hill
Under 5	2.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	29.2%	22.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	7.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.8%
75 and over	12.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenansville	Rose Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	40.9%
Black or African American	16.7%	34.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	7.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenansville	Rose Hill
No high school diploma	17.9%	19.6%
High school graduate	25.9%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenansville	Rose Hill
Drove alone	79.1%	76.2%
Carpooled	15.4%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenansville	Rose Hill
1-unit, detached	65.8%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	13.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Kenansville	Rose Hill
Poverty rate	22.7%	23.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1979	1973