Kenilworth vs Roselle Park

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

Kenilworth 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 8,339 in Kenilworth). Kenilworth has the higher median household income ($126,295 vs $104,418 in Roselle Park). Kenilworth has the higher median home value ($521,100 vs $405,800 in Roselle Park).

Population, income & housing

	Kenilworth	Roselle Park
Population	8,339	13,965
Median age	38.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$126,295	$104,418
Median home value	$521,100	$405,800
Median gross rent	$2,119	$1,585
Housing units	3,058	5,373
Homeownership rate	72.8%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenilworth	Roselle Park
Population	8,161 → 8,339 (+2.2%)	13,581 → 13,965 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$93,208 → $126,295 (+35.5%)	$75,000 → $104,418 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$345,500 → $521,100 (+50.8%)	$284,000 → $405,800 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,521 → $2,119 (+39.3%)	$1,275 → $1,585 (+24.3%)

Kenilworth

Population

8,1618,339

Median household income

$93,208$126,295

Median home value

$345,500$521,100

Median gross rent

$1,521$2,119

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)

	Kenilworth	Roselle Park
Under 5	4.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	18.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.3%
75 and over	5.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenilworth	Roselle Park
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	37.0%
Black or African American	6.2%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.6%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenilworth	Roselle Park
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	28.4%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenilworth	Roselle Park
Drove alone	83.1%	77.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.8%	5.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	9.6%
Other means	2.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenilworth	Roselle Park
1-unit, detached	71.1%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	22.3%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	8.5%
20 or more units	2.0%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kenilworth	Roselle Park
Poverty rate	6.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.89	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1955	1952