Darien vs Roselle

A side-by-side comparison of Darien and Roselle: population, income, housing, and more.

Darien and Roselle are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Roselle has the higher population (22,731 vs 21,855 in Darien). Darien has the higher median household income ($109,354 vs $109,118 in Roselle). Darien has the higher median home value ($386,400 vs $318,000 in Roselle).

Population, income & housing

	Darien	Roselle
Population	21,855	22,731
Median age	44.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$109,354	$109,118
Median home value	$386,400	$318,000
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,496
Housing units	9,101	8,841
Homeownership rate	78.5%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien	Roselle
Population	21,884 → 21,855 (-0.1%)	22,754 → 22,731 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$96,275 → $109,354 (+13.6%)	$90,257 → $109,118 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$330,000 → $386,400 (+17.1%)	$256,800 → $318,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,201 → $1,671 (+39.1%)	$1,431 → $1,496 (+4.5%)

Darien

Population

21,88421,855

Median household income

$96,275$109,354

Median home value

$330,000$386,400

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,671

Roselle

Population

22,75422,731

Median household income

$90,257$109,118

Median home value

$256,800$318,000

Median gross rent

$1,431$1,496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien	Roselle
Under 5	4.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.3%
75 and over	9.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien	Roselle
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	78.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien	Roselle
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	18.0%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien	Roselle
Drove alone	70.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.1%
Public transit	2.6%	2.6%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.0%	14.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien	Roselle
1-unit, detached	60.8%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	8.3%
20 or more units	9.6%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Darien	Roselle
Poverty rate	3.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1978	1977