Roselle vs Westfield

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

Roselle 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 22,455 in Roselle). Westfield has the higher median household income ($212,700 vs $82,967 in Roselle). Westfield has the higher median home value ($930,500 vs $336,500 in Roselle).

Population, income & housing

	Roselle	Westfield
Population	22,455	30,760
Median age	39.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,967	$212,700
Median home value	$336,500	$930,500
Median gross rent	$1,499	$2,211
Housing units	8,430	11,093
Homeownership rate	51.8%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	76.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roselle	Westfield
Population	21,637 → 22,455 (+3.8%)	29,877 → 30,760 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$64,718 → $82,967 (+28.2%)	$170,798 → $212,700 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$225,100 → $336,500 (+49.5%)	$743,400 → $930,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,499 (+26.7%)	$1,608 → $2,211 (+37.5%)

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

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	Westfield
Under 5	3.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	21.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	7.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	16.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.9%
75 and over	7.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roselle	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	14.0%	76.5%
Black or African American	44.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	36.1%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roselle	Westfield
No high school diploma	14.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	33.4%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	37.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roselle	Westfield
Drove alone	67.1%	49.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	1.5%
Public transit	12.2%	12.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	33.9%
Other means	4.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roselle	Westfield
1-unit, detached	50.0%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Roselle	Westfield
Poverty rate	10.4%	2.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1955	1954