Rose Hill vs Wallace

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

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

Wallace has the higher population (3,438 vs 1,501 in Rose Hill). Wallace has the higher median household income ($49,358 vs $44,722 in Rose Hill). Wallace has the higher median home value ($192,800 vs $116,200 in Rose Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Rose Hill	Wallace
Population	1,501	3,438
Median age	34.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,722	$49,358
Median home value	$116,200	$192,800
Median gross rent	$815	$833
Housing units	655	1,859
Homeownership rate	52.7%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rose Hill	Wallace
Population	2,315 → 1,501 (-35.2%)	3,891 → 3,438 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$33,631 → $44,722 (+33.0%)	$35,321 → $49,358 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $116,200 (+41.9%)	$105,400 → $192,800 (+82.9%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $815 (+2.3%)	$564 → $833 (+47.7%)

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

Wallace

Population

3,8913,438

Median household income

$35,321$49,358

Median home value

$105,400$192,800

Median gross rent

$564$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rose Hill	Wallace
Under 5	6.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	22.3%	22.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.6%
75 and over	3.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rose Hill	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	40.9%	50.0%
Black or African American	34.2%	26.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rose Hill	Wallace
No high school diploma	19.6%	22.0%
High school graduate	20.6%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rose Hill	Wallace
Drove alone	76.2%	91.5%
Carpooled	17.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rose Hill	Wallace
1-unit, detached	71.5%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	25.8%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Rose Hill	Wallace
Poverty rate	23.1%	20.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1973	1980