Roessleville vs Westmere

A side-by-side comparison of Roessleville and Westmere: population, income, housing, and more.

Roessleville and Westmere are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Roessleville has the higher population (11,327 vs 7,616 in Westmere). Roessleville has the higher median household income ($87,022 vs $86,398 in Westmere). Westmere has the higher median home value ($291,200 vs $249,100 in Roessleville).

Population, income & housing

	Roessleville	Westmere
Population	11,327	7,616
Median age	41.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,022	$86,398
Median home value	$249,100	$291,200
Median gross rent	$1,362	$1,660
Housing units	5,303	3,580
Homeownership rate	70.4%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roessleville	Westmere
Population	11,843 → 11,327 (-4.4%)	6,933 → 7,616 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$76,404 → $87,022 (+13.9%)	$68,523 → $86,398 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$215,100 → $249,100 (+15.8%)	$232,800 → $291,200 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,362 (+21.6%)	$1,260 → $1,660 (+31.7%)

Roessleville

Population

11,84311,327

Median household income

$76,404$87,022

Median home value

$215,100$249,100

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,362

Westmere

Population

6,9337,616

Median household income

$68,523$86,398

Median home value

$232,800$291,200

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roessleville	Westmere
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.6%
75 and over	6.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roessleville	Westmere
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	66.2%
Black or African American	6.9%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.8%	10.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.7%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.0%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roessleville	Westmere
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.6%
High school graduate	30.6%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roessleville	Westmere
Drove alone	69.7%	72.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	10.4%
Public transit	3.9%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	11.6%	10.5%
Other means	0.9%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roessleville	Westmere
1-unit, detached	65.5%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	29.4%
20 or more units	13.4%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Roessleville	Westmere
Poverty rate	6.4%	4.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1964	1972