Roselle Park is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 13,819 people and three associated neighborhoods, Roselle Park is the 140th largest community in New Jersey.
Also of interest is that Roselle Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Roselle Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.80% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
In Roselle Park, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Roselle Park is a relatively small borough. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The citizens of Roselle Park are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.06% of adults in Roselle Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Roselle Park in 2022 was $44,845, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $179,380 for a family of four.
Roselle Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Roselle Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roselle Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Roselle Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.67% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Roselle Park include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Haitian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Roselle Park's cultural character, accounting for 33.64% of the borough’s population.
The most common language spoken in Roselle Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.