Dryden vs Rose Hill

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

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

Rose Hill has the higher population (551 vs 545 in Dryden). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($66,458 vs $49,750 in Dryden). Dryden has the higher median home value ($127,000 vs $108,000 in Rose Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Dryden	Rose Hill
Population	545	551
Median age	36.9 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,750	$66,458
Median home value	$127,000	$108,000
Median gross rent	—	$898
Housing units	438	325
Homeownership rate	73.3%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryden	Rose Hill
Population	1,174 → 545 (-53.6%)	645 → 551 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$45,671 → $49,750 (+8.9%)	$61,875 → $66,458 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $127,000 (+44.5%)	$78,100 → $108,000 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $583 (-7.0%)	—

Dryden

Population

1,174545

Median household income

$45,671$49,750

Median home value

$87,900$127,000

Median gross rent

$627$583

Rose Hill

Population

645551

Median household income

$61,875$66,458

Median home value

$78,100$108,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryden	Rose Hill
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	9.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	20.9%	4.4%
35 to 44	15.8%	2.4%
45 to 54	3.1%	24.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	19.4%	9.6%
75 and over	5.1%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryden	Rose Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryden	Rose Hill
No high school diploma	10.8%	31.0%
High school graduate	20.8%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryden	Rose Hill
Drove alone	87.0%	90.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	9.4%
Public transit	7.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryden	Rose Hill
1-unit, detached	75.6%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.5%	28.3%

Poverty & households

	Dryden	Rose Hill
Poverty rate	22.2%	22.1%
Average household size	2.02	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1987	1976