Household incomes in Roseland are lower than in 89% of U.S. towns
Roseland grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Poverty touches 19.8% of residents, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. For 4% of workers, the job is at home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Roseland at work: what stands out
Roseland is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Roseland, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Roseland has about 1,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Roseland and Mansfield trade workers both ways
Mansfield is the top workplace for Roseland residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Roseland come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Roseland are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 623 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Roseland earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Roseland is better than 18% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Roseland’s grade up (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($48,618, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (7.9%) is left out: Roseland’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Roseland could be anywhere from D to B−.
The daily commute in and out of Roseland
On a workday 623 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Roseland on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.04 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 2023, primary jobs.
30% of working residents work in Mansfield
Where Roseland clocks in
30% of workers
5% 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.
About 14 minutes to work from Roseland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roseland workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 769 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
The 26 jobs based in Roseland
26 jobs are based in Roseland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roseland, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 26. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roseland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Roseland’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Roseland, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roseland is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 798 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.5% of Roseland households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Roseland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Roseland is 4,155th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | Florida Township IN | 2,324 | $54K | 14.3% | 5.5% | 3% | C− |
| 4,154 | Andover NY | 1,568 | $65K | 11.7% | 11.2% | 5% | C− |
| 4,155 | Roseland OH | 1,827 | $49K | 19.8% | 7.9% | 0% | C− |
| 4,156 | Warsaw IL | 1,436 | $59K | 11.8% | 14.6% | 9% | C− |
| 4,157 | Smith Center KS | 1,575 | $56K | 8.4% | 0.5% | 51% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Roseland, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
30% of Roseland works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Mansfield. Darker towns draw more of Roseland’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 2023, 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 Roseland: questions
What is the median household income in Roseland?
$48,618 (±$16,568) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roseland?
19.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roseland?
14 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roseland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mansfield (30%, 2 mi), Ontario (9%, 4 mi), Columbus (5%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Roseland walkable?
Roseland is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roseland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roseland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roseland
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.