Rose Hill Acres vs Sour Lake

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

Rose Hill Acres and Sour Lake are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sour Lake has the higher population (2,162 vs 313 in Rose Hill Acres). Rose Hill Acres has the higher median household income ($86,500 vs $73,190 in Sour Lake). Rose Hill Acres has the higher median home value ($224,400 vs $161,800 in Sour Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Rose Hill Acres	Sour Lake
Population	313	2,162
Median age	42.5 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,500	$73,190
Median home value	$224,400	$161,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,164
Housing units	168	837
Homeownership rate	93.1%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	15.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rose Hill Acres	Sour Lake
Population	399 → 313 (-21.6%)	2,206 → 2,162 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$82,000 → $86,500 (+5.5%)	$56,065 → $73,190 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$150,600 → $224,400 (+49.0%)	$97,400 → $161,800 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$913 → $1,164 (+27.5%)

Rose Hill Acres

Population

399313

Median household income

$82,000$86,500

Median home value

$150,600$224,400

Sour Lake

Population

2,2062,162

Median household income

$56,065$73,190

Median home value

$97,400$161,800

Median gross rent

$913$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rose Hill Acres	Sour Lake
Under 5	0.6%	12.7%
5 to 17	25.6%	23.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.8%	16.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	19.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.7%
75 and over	4.5%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rose Hill Acres	Sour Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rose Hill Acres	Sour Lake
No high school diploma	5.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	39.4%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rose Hill Acres	Sour Lake
Drove alone	86.6%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rose Hill Acres	Sour Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Rose Hill Acres	Sour Lake
Poverty rate	7.0%	14.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1968	1978