Rose Hill, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rose Hill, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 521. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ROSE-HILL-IA · Rose Hill, IA 1 ZIPs · 521 pop · #20693/25278 · Mahaska County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $53,125
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20693/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Barnes City
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 66% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 521
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $104,500

Nearest income peer: Barnes City, IA ( $149 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Rose Hill

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rose Hill on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Rose Hill, IA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

18th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
521
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$53,125
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($53,125 average) · poverty 10.8%. The primary code (52586) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Rose Hill as a pure owner town.

Within Iowa, Barnes City is the closest lower-income city and Masonville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rose Hill.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 52586, is all of Rose Hill

There is no split to weigh here: 52586 holds every one of Rose Hill's 521 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Rose Hill

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 2 employees , annual payroll $238k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 52586 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Rose Hill, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Mahaska County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Rose Hill. See the Mahaska County roll-up →

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Mahaska County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Rose Hill, Oskaloosa, New Sharon and Fremont among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Leighton marks the far end of that range at $86,023, 62% above Rose Hill.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
52586 521 $53,125 3 4

Rose Hill roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Rose Hill, .