Fanwood vs Roselle Park

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

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

Roselle Park has the higher population (13,965 vs 7,714 in Fanwood). Fanwood has the higher median household income ($176,667 vs $104,418 in Roselle Park). Fanwood has the higher median home value ($610,600 vs $405,800 in Roselle Park).

Population, income & housing

	Fanwood	Roselle Park
Population	7,714	13,965
Median age	42.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$176,667	$104,418
Median home value	$610,600	$405,800
Median gross rent	$2,368	$1,585
Housing units	2,783	5,373
Homeownership rate	86.5%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fanwood	Roselle Park
Population	7,660 → 7,714 (+0.7%)	13,581 → 13,965 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$147,905 → $176,667 (+19.4%)	$75,000 → $104,418 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$467,800 → $610,600 (+30.5%)	$284,000 → $405,800 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,710 → $2,368 (-12.6%)	$1,275 → $1,585 (+24.3%)

Fanwood

Population

7,6607,714

Median household income

$147,905$176,667

Median home value

$467,800$610,600

Median gross rent

$2,710$2,368

Roselle Park

Population

13,58113,965

Median household income

$75,000$104,418

Median home value

$284,000$405,800

Median gross rent

$1,275$1,585

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fanwood	Roselle Park
Under 5	4.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	18.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	18.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.3%
75 and over	7.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fanwood	Roselle Park
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	37.0%
Black or African American	3.7%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.8%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fanwood	Roselle Park
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	11.7%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	44.5%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fanwood	Roselle Park
Drove alone	58.5%	77.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.1%
Public transit	11.7%	5.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	9.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fanwood	Roselle Park
1-unit, detached	84.8%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	8.5%
20 or more units	5.5%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fanwood	Roselle Park
Poverty rate	1.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.76	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	43	27
Median year structure built	1954	1952