In Roselle, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.67 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the borough is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
Like elsewhere in America, most people in Roselle use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Roselle‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
The education level of Roselle citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.68% of adults in Roselle have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Roselle in 2018 was $37,208, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,832 for a family of four. However, Roselle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Roselle is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Roselle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roselle residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Roselle also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.35% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Roselle include Haitian, Irish, Italian, African, and Polish.
Roselle also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 32.03%.
The most common language spoken in Roselle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
