Rose Hill vs Woodlawn

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

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

Woodlawn has the higher population (21,828 vs 21,484 in Rose Hill). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($160,426 vs $87,897 in Woodlawn). Rose Hill has the higher median home value ($657,900 vs $309,200 in Woodlawn).

Population, income & housing

	Rose Hill	Woodlawn
Population	21,484	21,828
Median age	38.6 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$160,426	$87,897
Median home value	$657,900	$309,200
Median gross rent	$2,203	$1,789
Housing units	7,312	8,077
Homeownership rate	78.9%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rose Hill	Woodlawn
Population	22,252 → 21,484 (-3.5%)	24,351 → 21,828 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$124,058 → $160,426 (+29.3%)	$75,622 → $87,897 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$482,600 → $657,900 (+36.3%)	$301,100 → $309,200 (+2.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,800 → $2,203 (+22.4%)	$1,632 → $1,789 (+9.6%)

Rose Hill

Population

22,25221,484

Median household income

$124,058$160,426

Median home value

$482,600$657,900

Median gross rent

$1,800$2,203

Woodlawn

Population

24,35121,828

Median household income

$75,622$87,897

Median home value

$301,100$309,200

Median gross rent

$1,632$1,789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rose Hill	Woodlawn
Under 5	10.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	18.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.8%
75 and over	6.7%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rose Hill	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	14.6%
Black or African American	8.5%	30.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	12.1%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rose Hill	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	6.2%	19.5%
High school graduate	15.3%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	28.8%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rose Hill	Woodlawn
Drove alone	57.5%	62.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	14.1%
Public transit	7.9%	9.8%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	11.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rose Hill	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	73.5%	18.6%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	38.8%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	32.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Rose Hill	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	2.0%	7.5%
Average household size	3.00	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1967	1975