Roselle vs Westmont

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

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

Westmont has the higher population (24,201 vs 22,731 in Roselle). Roselle has the higher median household income ($109,118 vs $83,622 in Westmont). Westmont has the higher median home value ($369,100 vs $318,000 in Roselle).

Population, income & housing

	Roselle	Westmont
Population	22,731	24,201
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,118	$83,622
Median home value	$318,000	$369,100
Median gross rent	$1,496	$1,427
Housing units	8,841	11,312
Homeownership rate	79.0%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	49.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roselle	Westmont
Population	22,754 → 22,731 (-0.1%)	24,931 → 24,201 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$90,257 → $109,118 (+20.9%)	$64,416 → $83,622 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$256,800 → $318,000 (+23.8%)	$301,900 → $369,100 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,431 → $1,496 (+4.5%)	$1,139 → $1,427 (+25.3%)

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

Westmont

Population

24,93124,201

Median household income

$64,416$83,622

Median home value

$301,900$369,100

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,427

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roselle	Westmont
Under 5	4.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.3%
75 and over	8.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roselle	Westmont
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	61.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.7%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roselle	Westmont
No high school diploma	7.5%	4.6%
High school graduate	24.7%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roselle	Westmont
Drove alone	76.6%	69.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.4%
Public transit	2.6%	4.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.4%	19.6%
Other means	0.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roselle	Westmont
1-unit, detached	57.1%	41.0%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	24.8%
20 or more units	6.4%	17.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Roselle	Westmont
Poverty rate	3.6%	11.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1977	1976