Roseland vs Watsessing

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

Roseland and Watsessing are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Watsessing has the higher population (7,944 vs 6,211 in Roseland). Roseland has the higher median household income ($160,644 vs $94,301 in Watsessing). Roseland has the higher median home value ($640,600 vs $418,500 in Watsessing).

Population, income & housing

	Roseland	Watsessing
Population	6,211	7,944
Median age	47.0 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$160,644	$94,301
Median home value	$640,600	$418,500
Median gross rent	$3,293	$1,997
Housing units	2,470	3,737
Homeownership rate	81.3%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.1%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roseland	Watsessing
Population	5,834 → 6,211 (+6.5%)	7,094 → 7,944 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$129,006 → $160,644 (+24.5%)	$72,681 → $94,301 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$485,100 → $640,600 (+32.1%)	$324,700 → $418,500 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,579 → $3,293 (+27.7%)	$1,559 → $1,997 (+28.1%)

Roseland

Population

5,8346,211

Median household income

$129,006$160,644

Median home value

$485,100$640,600

Median gross rent

$2,579$3,293

Watsessing

Population

7,0947,944

Median household income

$72,681$94,301

Median home value

$324,700$418,500

Median gross rent

$1,559$1,997

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roseland	Watsessing
Under 5	7.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.8%	8.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	22.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.6%
75 and over	12.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roseland	Watsessing
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	34.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	32.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.3%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roseland	Watsessing
No high school diploma	2.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	16.6%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	33.4%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roseland	Watsessing
Drove alone	69.6%	54.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.7%
Public transit	7.6%	16.5%
Walked	0.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	19.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roseland	Watsessing
1-unit, detached	59.1%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	25.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	7.9%
20 or more units	4.2%	42.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Roseland	Watsessing
Poverty rate	2.3%	7.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1977	1956