New Providence vs Roselle

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

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

Roselle has the higher population (22,455 vs 13,577 in New Providence). New Providence has the higher median household income ($162,877 vs $82,967 in Roselle). New Providence has the higher median home value ($734,300 vs $336,500 in Roselle).

Population, income & housing

	New Providence	Roselle
Population	13,577	22,455
Median age	44.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$162,877	$82,967
Median home value	$734,300	$336,500
Median gross rent	$1,906	$1,499
Housing units	5,500	8,430
Homeownership rate	75.6%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.6%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Providence	Roselle
Population	13,049 → 13,577 (+4.0%)	21,637 → 22,455 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$143,672 → $162,877 (+13.4%)	$64,718 → $82,967 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$607,100 → $734,300 (+21.0%)	$225,100 → $336,500 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,733 → $1,906 (+10.0%)	$1,183 → $1,499 (+26.7%)

New Providence

Population

13,04913,577

Median household income

$143,672$162,877

Median home value

$607,100$734,300

Median gross rent

$1,733$1,906

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)

	New Providence	Roselle
Under 5	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.2%
75 and over	9.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Providence	Roselle
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	14.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	44.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.5%
Two or more races	6.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	36.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Providence	Roselle
No high school diploma	4.2%	14.6%
High school graduate	14.3%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Providence	Roselle
Drove alone	55.7%	67.1%
Carpooled	3.4%	6.1%
Public transit	11.9%	12.2%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	27.3%	8.3%
Other means	0.6%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Providence	Roselle
1-unit, detached	65.6%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	11.5%
20 or more units	13.7%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	New Providence	Roselle
Poverty rate	2.1%	10.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1963	1955