Pennington Gap vs Rose Hill

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

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

Pennington Gap has the higher population (2,020 vs 551 in Rose Hill). Rose Hill has the higher median household income ($66,458 vs $22,857 in Pennington Gap). Rose Hill has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $86,900 in Pennington Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Pennington Gap	Rose Hill
Population	2,020	551
Median age	32.5 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$22,857	$66,458
Median home value	$86,900	$108,000
Median gross rent	$790	$898
Housing units	909	325
Homeownership rate	40.3%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	21.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennington Gap	Rose Hill
Population	2,179 → 2,020 (-7.3%)	645 → 551 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$19,452 → $22,857 (+17.5%)	$61,875 → $66,458 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$82,600 → $86,900 (+5.2%)	$78,100 → $108,000 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $790 (+44.4%)	—

Pennington Gap

Population

2,1792,020

Median household income

$19,452$22,857

Median home value

$82,600$86,900

Median gross rent

$547$790

Rose Hill

Population

645551

Median household income

$61,875$66,458

Median home value

$78,100$108,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pennington Gap	Rose Hill
Under 5	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.0%	9.6%
18 to 24	10.5%	12.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	4.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	2.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	24.1%
55 to 64	8.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.6%
75 and over	10.4%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennington Gap	Rose Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	98.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	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	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennington Gap	Rose Hill
No high school diploma	27.0%	31.0%
High school graduate	32.2%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennington Gap	Rose Hill
Drove alone	80.7%	90.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennington Gap	Rose Hill
1-unit, detached	76.6%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	28.3%

Poverty & households

	Pennington Gap	Rose Hill
Poverty rate	59.5%	22.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1964	1976