What is the population of Roselle borough?

Roselle borough has 22,455 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #48 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Roselle borough?

Median household income in Roselle borough is $82,967 a year, 5.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Roselle borough?

Median gross rent is $1,499 a month and the median home value is $336,500, so rent absorbs about 21.7% of median household income.

Is Roselle borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Roselle borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Roselle, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Roselle, New Jersey (Roselle, NJ — Census place “Roselle borough”) is 22,455 residents, ranking #48 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $82,967, the median home is worth $336,500 and median gross rent runs $1,499 a month. Looking for the Roselle New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Roselle, NJ: 07203.

Population: 22,455Roselle borough residents
Median household income: $82,967Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $336,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,499Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51.8%Owner-occupied households

Roselle ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Roselle.

The Roselle NJ ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

07203

What the numbers mean in Roselle borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Roselle borough median would spend about 21.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.4% of residents and 51.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Roselle borough, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Roselle borough is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 22,455 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #48 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 39.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Roselle borough earn a median of $82,967 a year, 5.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 22% below the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Roselle borough is valued at $336,500, 10.9% above the national figure and 18% below the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,499 a month, 6.6% above the national figure, or roughly $17,988 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 51.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Roselle borough?: Roselle borough has 22,455 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #48 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Roselle borough?: Median household income in Roselle borough is $82,967 a year, 5.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Roselle borough?: Median gross rent is $1,499 a month and the median home value is $336,500, so rent absorbs about 21.7% of median household income.
Is Roselle borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Roselle borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Roselle borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.