Roselle vs Roselle Park

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

Roselle 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.

Roselle has the higher population (22,455 vs 13,965 in Roselle Park). Roselle Park has the higher median household income ($104,418 vs $82,967 in Roselle). Roselle Park has the higher median home value ($405,800 vs $336,500 in Roselle).

Population, income & housing

	Roselle	Roselle Park
Population	22,455	13,965
Median age	39.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,967	$104,418
Median home value	$336,500	$405,800
Median gross rent	$1,499	$1,585
Housing units	8,430	5,373
Homeownership rate	51.8%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roselle	Roselle Park
Population	21,637 → 22,455 (+3.8%)	13,581 → 13,965 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$64,718 → $82,967 (+28.2%)	$75,000 → $104,418 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$225,100 → $336,500 (+49.5%)	$284,000 → $405,800 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,499 (+26.7%)	$1,275 → $1,585 (+24.3%)

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

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)

	Roselle	Roselle Park
Under 5	3.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	18.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.3%
75 and over	7.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roselle	Roselle Park
White (non-Hispanic)	14.0%	37.0%
Black or African American	44.6%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	36.1%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roselle	Roselle Park
No high school diploma	14.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	33.4%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roselle	Roselle Park
Drove alone	67.1%	77.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.1%
Public transit	12.2%	5.5%
Walked	1.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	9.6%
Other means	4.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roselle	Roselle Park
1-unit, detached	50.0%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	8.5%
20 or more units	11.4%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Roselle	Roselle Park
Poverty rate	10.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1955	1952