Photo: Goldnpuppy · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Roseville (6.7%) is higher than in 80% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 70% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Roseville is better than 43% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (B). Only 6% work in Roseville; the top destination outside it is Detroit (12%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Income, poverty and work: Roseville’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Roseville’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Roseville could be anywhere from C+ to B−.
Roseville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 18,778 residents head out to work, 1,212 work right here, and 13,276 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41,000 people are in Roseville on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Roseville ends
Where Roseville clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Roseville
14,488 jobs are based in Roseville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roseville, 2011 → 2021: 16,307 → 14,488. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roseville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Roseville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roseville workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20,471 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Roseville
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Roseville, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 22,841 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.7% of Roseville households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Roseville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 923 U.S. towns of 33,000 to 63,000, Roseville comes 687th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Bloomfield Township MI | 43,904 | $163K | 4.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Independence Township MI | 37,725 | $115K | 4.3% | 2.9% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Meridian Township MI | 44,869 | $87K | 13.1% | 3.6% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 685 | Hobart Township IN | 39,973 | $70K | 12.4% | 7.3% | 12% | C+ |
| 686 | Pensacola FL | 53,817 | $74K | 12.6% | 6.3% | 39% | C+ |
| 687 | Roseville MI | 46,863 | $62K | 12.5% | 6.7% | 6% | C+ |
| 688 | Moorhead MN | 46,533 | $73K | 16.1% | 5.0% | 22% | C+ |
| 689 | Cleveland Heights OH | 43,750 | $73K | 15.9% | 6.8% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 923 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Roseville, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 14% of Roseville
The biggest share goes to Warren (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roseville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roseville | – | C+ | B | 26 min | $62,182 |
| St. Clair Shores | 3% | B+ | B− | 27 min | $73,500 |
| Warren | 11% | C+ | B+ | 25 min | $64,016 |
| Eastpointe | under 3% | C | A | 26 min | $62,325 |
| Fraser | under 3% | B | B− | 24 min | $64,354 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Roseville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Roseville: questions
What is the median household income in Roseville?
$62,182 (±$2,739) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roseville?
12.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roseville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roseville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit (12%, 12 mi), Warren (11%, 5 mi), Troy (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Roseville walkable?
Roseville is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roseville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roseville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roseville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.