Rose HillsCA
A town of 2,314.
Is Rose Hills a good place to live?
Rose Hills’ best subject grades are an A for incomes and health; its weakest is a D− for cost of living. 12% of residents are under 18 in Rose Hills, below both the California town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Of the 848 California towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Rose Hills. Only 41 of California’s 1,064 towns score lower on the outdoors. Rose Hills has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Rose Hills for work
Where Rose Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rose Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Rose Hills is from typical.
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SoFi Stadium and 243 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rose Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaSoFi Stadium
Big draw16 mi Theme parkDisneyland17.3M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw14 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaCrypto.com ArenaPhoto credits
SoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · Disneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Kriddl, CC0 · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: CanonStarGal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Crypto.com Arena: Troutfarm27, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Rose Hills: who provides what
Rose Hills is unincorporated, so Los Angeles County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Rose Hills.
On CDC estimates, Rose Hills is healthier than 87% of U.S. towns
Rose Hills beats the California average on 22 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 16% of Rose Hills adults have been diagnosed with depression, against 22% in California’s towns and 23% across U.S. towns. 6.8% of adults smoke cigarettes in Rose Hills.
| Rose Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 22% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.8% | 11% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 29% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Rose Hills | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.4% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.5% | 7.3% |
| More adults with high cholesterol | 38.9% | 35.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More middle-aged adults than California overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 52% of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (24% statewide). The median age in Rose Hills is 53 years. 46% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 37% across California.
| Rose Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 years | 39 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 46% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 16% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±9.5 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Rose Hills | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.4% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.6% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.7% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.6% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.5% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 24.2% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.1% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.5% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.3% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 15.6% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 29% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.6% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.2% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 22.4% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Rose Hills’ workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Rose Hills for work: only 0% work in town. Rose Hills’ median household income is $123,000. Jobs based in Rose Hills fell to 86 in 2023, 30 fewer than in 2013.
| Rose Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $123,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Rose Hills, with earthquakes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 78% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Rose Hills, expect mild winters and hot summers
Rose Hills has warm winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 47° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Rose Hills sell for about $1.03M
87% of Rose Hills households own their home.
| Rose Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,172 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 87% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Rose Hills
Colleges nearby
57 within 15 miles of the center of Rose Hills
About 4 of every 100 Rose Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Rose Hills
Census-designated place in California, United States
Rose Hills, in North Whittier, is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California. Rose Hills sits at an elevation of 518 feet (158 m) above sea level. The 2020 United States census reported Rose Hills's population was 2,927. The CDP consists primarily of the Spy Glass Hill section of unincorporated Whittier, which is wholly surrounded by its namesake, Rose Hills Memorial Park.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 518 ft
- Area code
- 562
Questions about Rose Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rose Hills, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $884,000, 16% above the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.