Pine Forest vs Rose City

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

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

Pine Forest has the higher population (376 vs 341 in Rose City). Pine Forest has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $41,250 in Rose City). Pine Forest has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $78,100 in Rose City).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Forest	Rose City
Population	376	341
Median age	42.5 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	$41,250
Median home value	$119,900	$78,100
Median gross rent	$1,153	—
Housing units	192	217
Homeownership rate	85.8%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Forest	Rose City
Population	611 → 376 (-38.5%)	467 → 341 (-27.0%)
Median household income	$96,875 → $93,750 (-3.2%)	$46,250 → $41,250 (-10.8%)
Median home value	$110,100 → $119,900 (+8.9%)	$75,500 → $78,100 (+3.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,153 (+8.5%)	—

Pine Forest

Population

611376

Median household income

$96,875$93,750

Median home value

$110,100$119,900

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,153

Rose City

Population

467341

Median household income

$46,250$41,250

Median home value

$75,500$78,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine Forest	Rose City
Under 5	2.7%	0.6%
5 to 17	21.8%	10.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	23.2%
55 to 64	19.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	3.2%	13.5%
75 and over	8.8%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Forest	Rose City
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	76.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.0%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Forest	Rose City
No high school diploma	16.7%	19.4%
High school graduate	42.2%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Forest	Rose City
Drove alone	84.0%	96.1%
Carpooled	14.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Forest	Rose City
1-unit, detached	74.5%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.5%	37.8%

Poverty & households

	Pine Forest	Rose City
Poverty rate	7.2%	14.1%
Average household size	2.81	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1978	1988