Work means Wichita for about half of Rose Hill’s working residents
Measured by household income, Rose Hill is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns. Rose Hill grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Rose Hill itself; outside it, Wichita draws the most (46%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Rose Hill: the gist
Nearly half of Rose Hill works in Wichita
866 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Wichita, 14 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Rose Hill itself. The commute map ↓
Rose Hill has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Rose Hill went from 823 in 2014 to 1,368 in 2024, +66%. The jobs ↓
Rose Hill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Rose Hill’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rose Hill is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #15 of 151 in Kansas. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rose Hill could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The places Rose Hill commutes to
Where Rose Hill clocks in
46% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Rose Hill
1,368 jobs are based in Rose Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rose Hill, 2014 → 2024: 823 → 1,368. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rose Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Rose Hill takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rose Hill workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,959 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily commute in and out of Rose Hill
On a workday 1,724 residents head out to work, 162 work right here, and 1,206 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in Rose Hill on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How far Rose Hill’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Rose Hill gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rose Hill is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #108 of 151 in Kansas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across Kansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,147 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Rose Hill households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rose Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
326th of 4,039: where Rose Hill ranks among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Fairway KS | 4,181 | $153K | 3.1% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Aubry Township KS | 4,719 | $134K | 0.7% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 324 | Nockamixon Township PA | 3,370 | $105K | 6.1% | 0.6% | 9% | A |
| 325 | Beavercreek OR | 4,894 | $135K | 4.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A |
| 326 | Rose Hill KS | 4,320 | $102K | 1.0% | 2.8% | 9% | A |
| 327 | Hideaway TX | 3,459 | $110K | 2.7% | 0.8% | 3% | A |
| 328 | Essex MA | 3,770 | $157K | 8.1% | 1.5% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rose Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Rose Hill and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rose Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Hill | – | A | C+ | 27 min | $102,389 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | A+ | C− | 25 min | $113,177 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | A | C− | 31 min | $118,945 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rose Hill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Rose Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Rose Hill?
$102,389 (±$9,979) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rose Hill?
1.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rose Hill?
27 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rose Hill work?
9% work in town.
Is Rose Hill walkable?
Rose Hill is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rose Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rose Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rose Hill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.