Mountainside vs Roselle Park

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

Mountainside 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 6,967 in Mountainside). Mountainside has the higher median household income ($210,100 vs $104,418 in Roselle Park). Mountainside has the higher median home value ($755,600 vs $405,800 in Roselle Park).

Population, income & housing

	Mountainside	Roselle Park
Population	6,967	13,965
Median age	48.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$210,100	$104,418
Median home value	$755,600	$405,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,585
Housing units	2,616	5,373
Homeownership rate	86.9%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountainside	Roselle Park
Population	6,826 → 6,967 (+2.1%)	13,581 → 13,965 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$119,000 → $210,100 (+76.6%)	$75,000 → $104,418 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$626,100 → $755,600 (+20.7%)	$284,000 → $405,800 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,739 → $3,501 (+101.3%)	$1,275 → $1,585 (+24.3%)

Mountainside

Population

6,8266,967

Median household income

$119,000$210,100

Median home value

$626,100$755,600

Median gross rent

$1,739$3,501

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)

	Mountainside	Roselle Park
Under 5	8.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	2.5%	18.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	14.2%	10.3%
75 and over	9.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountainside	Roselle Park
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	37.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountainside	Roselle Park
No high school diploma	3.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	12.3%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	36.9%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountainside	Roselle Park
Drove alone	52.7%	77.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.1%
Public transit	11.9%	5.5%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.6%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountainside	Roselle Park
1-unit, detached	96.9%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mountainside	Roselle Park
Poverty rate	2.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	39	27
Median year structure built	1958	1952