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For most people who can afford it, yes. Roselle Park grades A− overall, 153rd of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. It is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 90% of the country and the median household earns $110K. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $542K for a typical one and 5.5 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Only 28 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on the outdoors. 59% of households own their home in Roselle Park, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 77% and U.S. towns at 73%. Roselle Park's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 80% of U.S. towns.
Where Roselle Park beats most towns.
Where Roselle Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Roselle Park is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 15%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,138 in 1910, 13,967 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Roselle Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw18 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw16 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw14 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & Museum
Big draw18 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearMadison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Roselle Park, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Roselle Park.
Roselle Park pairs an A− overall with homes cheaper than the New Jersey norm, carries less natural-hazard risk than most of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding) and is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s.
Within New Jersey it is healthier than 58% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
15% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Roselle Park. Roselle Park beats the New Jersey average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 13% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Roselle Park.
| Roselle Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Roselle Park | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.7% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.9% | 5.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 13.2% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Roselle Park Public School District. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Roselle Park High School, with 593 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roselle Park Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 438 | C+ |
| Roselle Park High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 593 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 90% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $145 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Roselle Park’s FEMA risk score is 19 of 100. Since 1983, 60 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Roselle Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 9.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 64% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 168 to 92 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate in Roselle Park is 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Roselle Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Roselle Park has 1,791 jobs for its 6,908 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Roselle Park for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (11%), Elizabeth (8%) and Newark (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.
| Roselle Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 11% | 17% | 11% |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Roselle Park has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 24° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New Jersey average. Roselle Park has grown 12% since 2020, to 15,603 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 38% of Roselle Park adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Roselle Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 45% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.8 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.4 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Roselle Park | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.6% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.1% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.4% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.8% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.4% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.3% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.6% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.5% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.9% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.2% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.3% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.1% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.4% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Roselle Park grades A− overall with a typical home of about $542K, below the New Jersey typical value; only 24 of the 132 New Jersey towns graded A− or better can say that.
The typical Roselle Park home is worth about $542,000, up 1.5% in a year, 6% below the New Jersey typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lincoln Park | — | 2 |
| 2. Lamonaco Perry Memorial Park | — | 1 |
| 3. Edgar "Hot Dog" Acker Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
57 within 15 miles of the center of Roselle Park
About 6 of every 100 Roselle Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
4 notable people were born in Roselle Park.
Borough in Union County, New Jersey, US
Roselle Park is a borough in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 13,967, an increase of 670 (+5.0%) from the 2010 census count of 13,297, which in turn reflected an increase of 16 (+0.1%) from the 13,281 counted in the 2000 census. Roselle Park was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 22, 1901, from portions of Union Township. Roselle Park's name is derived from the Roselle Land Improvement Company, which was created in 1866 to lay out a community around the Mulford Station on the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The name "Roselle" is said to have been based on the company's fou…
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3 towns share a border with Roselle Park.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roselle Park | #153 | A− | D | A− | B− | A |
| Kenilworth | #235 | B | D− | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Elizabeth | #435 | D | D | D | C | C |
| Cranford Township | #55 | A | D | A− | A− | A+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Roselle Park grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #153 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health, A− for safety and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
4 notable people were born here, including Keith Loneker and Gregory Gillespie.
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