Rahway vs Roselle Park

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

Rahway 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.

Rahway has the higher population (29,748 vs 13,965 in Roselle Park). Roselle Park has the higher median household income ($104,418 vs $90,852 in Rahway). Roselle Park has the higher median home value ($405,800 vs $362,300 in Rahway).

Population, income & housing

	Rahway	Roselle Park
Population	29,748	13,965
Median age	39.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,852	$104,418
Median home value	$362,300	$405,800
Median gross rent	$1,764	$1,585
Housing units	12,811	5,373
Homeownership rate	53.4%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rahway	Roselle Park
Population	29,543 → 29,748 (+0.7%)	13,581 → 13,965 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$78,946 → $90,852 (+15.1%)	$75,000 → $104,418 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$272,700 → $362,300 (+32.9%)	$284,000 → $405,800 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,310 → $1,764 (+34.7%)	$1,275 → $1,585 (+24.3%)

Rahway

Population

29,54329,748

Median household income

$78,946$90,852

Median home value

$272,700$362,300

Median gross rent

$1,310$1,764

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)

	Rahway	Roselle Park
Under 5	7.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	18.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.3%
75 and over	7.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rahway	Roselle Park
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	37.0%
Black or African American	30.7%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	1.8%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rahway	Roselle Park
No high school diploma	10.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	30.9%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rahway	Roselle Park
Drove alone	60.5%	77.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	5.1%
Public transit	10.9%	5.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	9.6%
Other means	1.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rahway	Roselle Park
1-unit, detached	45.3%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	8.5%
20 or more units	24.1%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rahway	Roselle Park
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1961	1952