Roosevelt profile

Living in Roosevelt

Roosevelt is a somewhat small city located in the state of Utah. With a population of 6,980 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Roosevelt is the 75th largest community in Utah.

Unlike some cities, Roosevelt isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Roosevelt are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Roosevelt is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Roosevelt who work in office and administrative support (13.58%), sales jobs (9.07%), and management occupations (7.65%).

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Roosevelt spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.44 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

The percentage of adults in Roosevelt who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.20% of the adults in Roosevelt have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Roosevelt in 2010 was $23,571, which is upper middle income relative to Utah, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,284 for a family of four. However, Roosevelt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Roosevelt is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Roosevelt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roosevelt residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Roosevelt also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.05% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Roosevelt include German, Irish, Danish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Roosevelt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.