Roselle Park vs Summit

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

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

Summit has the higher population (22,512 vs 13,965 in Roselle Park). Summit has the higher median household income ($199,107 vs $104,418 in Roselle Park). Summit has the higher median home value ($969,900 vs $405,800 in Roselle Park).

Population, income & housing

	Roselle Park	Summit
Population	13,965	22,512
Median age	38.6 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$104,418	$199,107
Median home value	$405,800	$969,900
Median gross rent	$1,585	$2,308
Housing units	5,373	8,603
Homeownership rate	59.6%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	72.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roselle Park	Summit
Population	13,581 → 13,965 (+2.8%)	21,913 → 22,512 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $104,418 (+39.2%)	$157,835 → $199,107 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$284,000 → $405,800 (+42.9%)	$890,100 → $969,900 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,585 (+24.3%)	$1,880 → $2,308 (+22.8%)

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

Summit

Population

21,91322,512

Median household income

$157,835$199,107

Median home value

$890,100$969,900

Median gross rent

$1,880$2,308

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roselle Park	Summit
Under 5	5.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	18.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.6%
75 and over	5.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roselle Park	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	66.7%
Black or African American	9.4%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.2%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.8%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	36.4%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roselle Park	Summit
No high school diploma	8.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	27.3%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roselle Park	Summit
Drove alone	77.4%	47.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.8%
Public transit	5.5%	18.5%
Walked	0.8%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.6%	20.0%
Other means	1.7%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roselle Park	Summit
1-unit, detached	56.9%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	6.0%
20 or more units	18.2%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Roselle Park	Summit
Poverty rate	5.1%	3.9%
Average household size	2.67	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1952	1953