Roselle vs West Chicago

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

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

West Chicago has the higher population (25,434 vs 22,731 in Roselle). Roselle has the higher median household income ($109,118 vs $100,568 in West Chicago). Roselle has the higher median home value ($318,000 vs $306,500 in West Chicago).

Population, income & housing

	Roselle	West Chicago
Population	22,731	25,434
Median age	42.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$109,118	$100,568
Median home value	$318,000	$306,500
Median gross rent	$1,496	$1,376
Housing units	8,841	7,745
Homeownership rate	79.0%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roselle	West Chicago
Population	22,754 → 22,731 (-0.1%)	27,180 → 25,434 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$90,257 → $109,118 (+20.9%)	$78,116 → $100,568 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$256,800 → $318,000 (+23.8%)	$249,500 → $306,500 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,431 → $1,496 (+4.5%)	$1,083 → $1,376 (+27.1%)

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

West Chicago

Population

27,18025,434

Median household income

$78,116$100,568

Median home value

$249,500$306,500

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roselle	West Chicago
Under 5	4.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	12.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	16.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.7%
75 and over	8.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roselle	West Chicago
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	35.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.7%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	48.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roselle	West Chicago
No high school diploma	7.5%	19.6%
High school graduate	24.7%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roselle	West Chicago
Drove alone	76.6%	66.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	18.3%
Public transit	2.6%	1.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.2%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roselle	West Chicago
1-unit, detached	57.1%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	11.1%
20 or more units	6.4%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Roselle	West Chicago
Poverty rate	3.6%	12.1%
Average household size	2.64	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1977	1980