Roselle, New Jersey

Roselle population, 2020 to 2024

Roselle added 458 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +356. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 84th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Roselle is 2.1 times that size.

Roselle covers 2.64 square miles of land, for 8,736 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Roselle is denser than the typical town.

What county Roselle is in

All of Roselle's residents live in Union County, which had 594,160 residents in 2024. Roselle holds 3.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Roselle

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Roselle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07203. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Roselle is

The Census internal point of Roselle is at 40.652200, -74.260200. Trenton, the capital, is 39.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Linden, NJ (45,393 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elizabeth, NJ, 3.6 miles away.

Daylight in Roselle

At 40.65° N, Roselle gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Roselle

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Roselle Park, 1.0 miles away, with 14,390 people.