It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Rose Hill has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Rose Hill has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Rose Hill than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Rose Hill may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Rose Hill doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Rose Hill, just 8.25% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Rose Hill in 2018 was $20,346, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,384 for a family of four. However, Rose Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rose Hill is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rose Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rose Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or 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 22.92% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rose Hill include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, Welsh, and German.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Rose Hill's cultural character, accounting for 17.67% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Rose Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
