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Roseland borough, Essex County, NJ

6,211 Population
3.6 square miles 1,716.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$71,813 ±$11,559 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $48,021 ±$762
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$160,644 ±$33,667 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $76,712 ±$1,583
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

2.3% ±2.3% (143  ±141) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Essex County: 15% 125,419 (±0.6% / ±5,302)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

31.7 minutes ±5.3 (83,610  ±19,110) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 34 11,591,380 (±0.4 / ±199,684)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

2,445 ±139 Number of households
  • Essex County: 317,473 ±1,127
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.5 ±0.1 (6,206  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 832,848 (±0 / ±509)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

7.8% ±7% (96  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 5.2% 10,968 (±0.5% / ±950)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

2,470 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 335,550 ±293
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$640,600 ±$37,762 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Essex County: $494,400 ±$6,316
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

10.5% ±6% (641  ±363.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 10.8% 91,445 (±0.6% / ±4,756.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

97.6% ±11% (4,575  ±570.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 86.8% 499,938 (±1% / ±5,671.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
66.2% ±9.7% (3,101  ±481.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 37.9% 218,230 (±0.6% / ±3,436.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

15.2% ±4.9% (945  ±305) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 29.3% 250,406
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

3.7% ±1.7% (185  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 2.7% 17,386 (±0.2% / ±1,107)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
185 Total veterans ±86 185 Male ±86 N/A Female ±19

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