Roselle Park vs Westfield

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

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

Westfield has the higher population (30,760 vs 13,965 in Roselle Park). Westfield has the higher median household income ($212,700 vs $104,418 in Roselle Park). Westfield has the higher median home value ($930,500 vs $405,800 in Roselle Park).

Population, income & housing

	Roselle Park	Westfield
Population	13,965	30,760
Median age	38.6 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,418	$212,700
Median home value	$405,800	$930,500
Median gross rent	$1,585	$2,211
Housing units	5,373	11,093
Homeownership rate	59.6%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	76.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roselle Park	Westfield
Population	13,581 → 13,965 (+2.8%)	29,877 → 30,760 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $104,418 (+39.2%)	$170,798 → $212,700 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$284,000 → $405,800 (+42.9%)	$743,400 → $930,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,585 (+24.3%)	$1,608 → $2,211 (+37.5%)

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

Westfield

Population

29,87730,760

Median household income

$170,798$212,700

Median home value

$743,400$930,500

Median gross rent

$1,608$2,211

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roselle Park	Westfield
Under 5	5.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	18.6%	7.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	16.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.9%
75 and over	5.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roselle Park	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	76.5%
Black or African American	9.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	13.2%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	36.4%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roselle Park	Westfield
No high school diploma	8.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	27.3%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	37.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roselle Park	Westfield
Drove alone	77.4%	49.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	1.5%
Public transit	5.5%	12.3%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	33.9%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roselle Park	Westfield
1-unit, detached	56.9%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	18.2%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Roselle Park	Westfield
Poverty rate	5.1%	2.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1952	1954