Rose Hill is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 14,948 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Rose Hill is the 70th largest community in Virginia.

Rose Hill is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.92% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rose Hill is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rose Hill who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.43%), management occupations (12.97%), and sales jobs (9.33%).

Also of interest is that Rose Hill has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Rose Hill is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Rose Hill, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

In addition, Rose Hill is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Rose Hill is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Rose Hill really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Rose Hill perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

In Rose Hill, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.16 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Rose Hill doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Rose Hill Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Rose Hill, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Rose Hill is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 47.75% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Rose Hill in 2000 was $34,213, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $136,852 for a family of four. However, Rose Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Rose Hill is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rose Hill home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Rose Hill is White, followed by African-American. Rose Hill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.70% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Rose Hill include German, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, and French.

Rose Hill also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.57%.

The most common language spoken in Rose Hill is English. Some people also speak Spanish.