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.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.80% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
Even though Roselle Park is a smaller borough, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The population of Roselle Park is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 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.
In addition, Roselle Park has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (33.64%).
The most common language spoken in Roselle Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.