Linden vs Roselle

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

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

Linden has the higher population (43,614 vs 22,455 in Roselle). Linden has the higher median household income ($91,036 vs $82,967 in Roselle). Linden has the higher median home value ($387,200 vs $336,500 in Roselle).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Roselle
Population	43,614	22,455
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,036	$82,967
Median home value	$387,200	$336,500
Median gross rent	$1,677	$1,499
Housing units	16,142	8,430
Homeownership rate	61.2%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Roselle
Population	42,222 → 43,614 (+3.3%)	21,637 → 22,455 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$73,386 → $91,036 (+24.1%)	$64,718 → $82,967 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$281,800 → $387,200 (+37.4%)	$225,100 → $336,500 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,677 (+27.7%)	$1,183 → $1,499 (+26.7%)

Linden

Population

42,22243,614

Median household income

$73,386$91,036

Median home value

$281,800$387,200

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,677

Roselle

Population

21,63722,455

Median household income

$64,718$82,967

Median home value

$225,100$336,500

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,499

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linden	Roselle
Under 5	5.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.2%
75 and over	5.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Roselle
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	14.0%
Black or African American	27.2%	44.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	2.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	35.6%	36.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Roselle
No high school diploma	14.7%	14.6%
High school graduate	33.3%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Roselle
Drove alone	69.9%	67.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	6.1%
Public transit	7.1%	12.2%
Walked	2.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.2%	8.3%
Other means	2.3%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Roselle
1-unit, detached	46.7%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	33.5%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	11.5%
20 or more units	9.7%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Roselle
Poverty rate	9.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.84	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1957	1955