Roosevelt vs Roseau

A side-by-side comparison of Roosevelt and Roseau: population, income, housing, and more.

Roosevelt and Roseau are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Roseau has the higher population (2,728 vs 179 in Roosevelt). Roosevelt has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $60,185 in Roseau). Roseau has the higher median home value ($130,000 vs $63,800 in Roosevelt).

Population, income & housing

	Roosevelt	Roseau
Population	179	2,728
Median age	33.5 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$60,185
Median home value	$63,800	$130,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,027
Housing units	69	1,389
Homeownership rate	81.0%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roosevelt	Roseau
Population	139 → 179 (+28.8%)	2,697 → 2,728 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$49,250 → $61,250 (+24.4%)	$52,794 → $60,185 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $63,800 (-21.5%)	$137,300 → $130,000 (-5.3%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $1,075 (+57.4%)	$748 → $1,027 (+37.3%)

Roosevelt

Population

139179

Median household income

$49,250$61,250

Median home value

$81,300$63,800

Median gross rent

$683$1,075

Roseau

Population

2,6972,728

Median household income

$52,794$60,185

Median home value

$137,300$130,000

Median gross rent

$748$1,027

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roosevelt	Roseau
Under 5	11.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	23.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	20.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.9%
75 and over	3.4%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roosevelt	Roseau
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roosevelt	Roseau
No high school diploma	9.9%	12.4%
High school graduate	41.6%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roosevelt	Roseau
Drove alone	60.0%	62.3%
Carpooled	27.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	17.8%
Other means	9.5%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roosevelt	Roseau
1-unit, detached	46.4%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	53.6%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Roosevelt	Roseau
Poverty rate	9.5%	16.6%
Average household size	3.09	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1977	1981