Amite City vs Roseland

A side-by-side comparison of Amite City and Roseland: population, income, housing, and more.

Amite City and Roseland are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Amite City has the higher population (4,036 vs 1,125 in Roseland). Roseland has the higher median household income ($46,003 vs $45,850 in Amite City). Amite City has the higher median home value ($116,900 vs $110,900 in Roseland).

Population, income & housing

	Amite City	Roseland
Population	4,036	1,125
Median age	39.5 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,850	$46,003
Median home value	$116,900	$110,900
Median gross rent	$908	$819
Housing units	1,967	501
Homeownership rate	48.5%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amite City	Roseland
Population	4,401 → 4,036 (-8.3%)	1,099 → 1,125 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$48,140 → $45,850 (-4.8%)	$24,400 → $46,003 (+88.5%)
Median home value	$157,900 → $116,900 (-26.0%)	$66,500 → $110,900 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $908 (+13.1%)	$725 → $819 (+13.0%)

Amite City

Population

4,4014,036

Median household income

$48,140$45,850

Median home value

$157,900$116,900

Median gross rent

$803$908

Roseland

Population

1,0991,125

Median household income

$24,400$46,003

Median home value

$66,500$110,900

Median gross rent

$725$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amite City	Roseland
Under 5	2.1%	21.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	21.4%	6.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	3.6%
55 to 64	9.1%	22.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.3%
75 and over	8.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amite City	Roseland
White (non-Hispanic)	31.7%	44.4%
Black or African American	61.3%	53.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amite City	Roseland
No high school diploma	15.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	35.2%	63.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amite City	Roseland
Drove alone	73.6%	90.2%
Carpooled	16.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	2.3%
Other means	1.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amite City	Roseland
1-unit, detached	73.1%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Amite City	Roseland
Poverty rate	10.4%	53.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	20	34
Median year structure built	1973	1983