Plainfield vs Roselle

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

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

Plainfield has the higher population (54,515 vs 22,455 in Roselle). Roselle has the higher median household income ($82,967 vs $80,334 in Plainfield). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($383,300 vs $336,500 in Roselle).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield	Roselle
Population	54,515	22,455
Median age	33.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,334	$82,967
Median home value	$383,300	$336,500
Median gross rent	$1,673	$1,499
Housing units	17,149	8,430
Homeownership rate	42.4%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield	Roselle
Population	50,362 → 54,515 (+8.2%)	21,637 → 22,455 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$56,339 → $80,334 (+42.6%)	$64,718 → $82,967 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$257,200 → $383,300 (+49.0%)	$225,100 → $336,500 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,212 → $1,673 (+38.0%)	$1,183 → $1,499 (+26.7%)

Plainfield

Population

50,36254,515

Median household income

$56,339$80,334

Median home value

$257,200$383,300

Median gross rent

$1,212$1,673

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)

	Plainfield	Roselle
Under 5	7.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	21.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	9.2%
75 and over	3.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield	Roselle
White (non-Hispanic)	7.7%	14.0%
Black or African American	32.6%	44.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	2.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	55.6%	36.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield	Roselle
No high school diploma	27.8%	14.6%
High school graduate	29.4%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield	Roselle
Drove alone	60.7%	67.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.1%
Public transit	4.5%	12.2%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.5%	8.3%
Other means	20.6%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield	Roselle
1-unit, detached	41.8%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	29.8%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	11.5%
20 or more units	16.1%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Plainfield	Roselle
Poverty rate	17.1%	10.4%
Average household size	3.29	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1950	1955