Village · DuPage County, Illinois

Roselle, Illinois

Roselle is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area. It has 22,752 residents. Roselle, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 93 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,156 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #31 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on access to exercise opportunities (high), injury deaths (low) and child poverty rate (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high) and new homes permitted (low).

93Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,156 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #31 of 697 in IL
Population: 22,752 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 4,100.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 1765806

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety99#211/15,637
Economy82#2,884/15,631
Housing61#5,902/14,977
Health94#864/15,609
Healthcare96#667/15,650
Environment15#13,087/15,453
Education88#1,851/15,649
Infrastructure83#2,692/15,650
Community85#2,289/15,651
Leisure & amenities73#4,227/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Roselle, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “DuPage County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Access to exercise opportunities · high99.8%
99/100Illinois 90.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDuPage County value
Injury deaths · low45 /100k
99/100Illinois 80 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDuPage County value
Child poverty rate · low1.7%
99/100Illinois 14.1%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Dentists · high122 /100k
97/100Illinois 86 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDuPage County value
Primary care physicians · high135 /100k
96/100Illinois 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDuPage County value
Distance to an emergency room · low2.8 mi
96/100Illinois 4.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDuPage County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.06%
6/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
8/100Illinois 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDuPage County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Illinois 1.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
High ozone days · high3 days
21/100Illinois 5 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDuPage County value
Days with unhealthy air · high1.6%
23/100Illinois 4.2%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDuPage County value
Unemployment rate · high6.8%
24/100Illinois 4.6%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedWorsening
0.9 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
6.5% (2015-2019) → 1.7% (2020-2024)
−4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$90,257 (2015-2019) → $111,318 (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateWorsening
3.4% (2015-2019) → 6.8% (2020-2024)
+3.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Average commute timeImproving
32.2 min (2015-2019) → 27.1 min (2020-2024)
−16%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Public transit commutersWorsening
4.8% (2015-2019) → 2.5% (2020-2024)
−2.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Roselle, Illinois improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Commute−5.1 min32.2 min → 27.1 min
Household income+23%$90,257 → $111,318

Declined2

Unemployment+3.5 points3.4% → 6.8%
Transit use−2.3 points4.8% → 2.5%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Roselle, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	32.2 min2015-2019	27.1 min2020-2024	−5.1 min	Improved	90%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%2015-2019	40.9%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Broadband subscriptions	93.5%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Effective property tax rate	2.22%2015-2019	2.06%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	48%
High school diploma or higher	94.4%2015-2019	92.7%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	64%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3822015-2019	0.4032020-2024	+0.021	Within the margin of error	33%
Median household income	$90,2572015-2019	$111,3182020-2024	+23%	Improved	40%
Poverty rate	4.4%2015-2019	4.1%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Public transit commuters	4.8%2015-2019	2.5%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Declined	12%
Rent as share of income	26.5%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	41.8%2015-2019	39.5%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Unemployment rate	3.4%2015-2019	6.8%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Declined	7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.2%2015-2019	4.6%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	54%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Roselle, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Roselle, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Roselle, Illinois itself moved −2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

22,752 residents (±35)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

8,616 households (±383)

Roselle, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k8.9%†765
$25k–50k7.0%604
$50k–75k14%1,169

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

8,616 households (±383)

Roselle, Illinois
Illinois share

Own78%6,758
Rent22%1,858

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.0 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

12,115 workers (±475)

Roselle, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone76%9,247
Carpool3.5%†419
Public transit2.5%†304

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of DuPage County, the county holding most of Roselle's residents.

DuPage County has 34,121 employer establishments, 368 for every 10,000 residents (1.48× the US rate of 248; 1.44× Illinois's), with 595,691 paid employees at an average annual pay of $75,829. The Census Bureau also counts 102,104 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 34,121; 102,104 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 368; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 595,691
Average annual pay: $75,829; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of DuPage County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	3,259	35.1	1.69×More than typical	42,027	$79,246	4,676
Truck transportation	1,952	21	4.16×More than typical	10,243	$86,764	7,796
Restaurants and other eating places	1,948	21	1.14×About typical	38,494	$26,367	411
Specialty trade contractors	1,897	20.5	1.32×More than typical	19,789	$96,213	4,217
Lessors of real estate	1,296	14	1.13×About typical	6,118	$82,399	10,776
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,149	12.4	1.85×More than typical	8,107	$101,909	4,623
Computer systems design and related services	1,124	12.1	2.80×More than typical	11,786	$111,720	1,548
Construction of buildings	1,038	11.2	1.48×More than typical	6,454	$95,558	2,992
Offices of other health practitioners	1,031	11.1	1.83×More than typical	7,492	$47,355	2,028
Offices of physicians	972	10.5	1.62×More than typical	14,697	$118,180	1,182
Limited-service restaurants	896	9.7	1.20×About typical	17,341	$22,259	167
Services to buildings and dwellings	819	8.8	1.31×More than typical	14,068	$42,096	3,454

Rank places for an industry Open DuPage County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 927,400 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1.6M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Roselle, Illinois: $72.27 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.6M; −25% vs FY2025
Per resident: $72.27; US $1,994
Sole-source: 83%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$913.3K56%
Defense Logistics Agency$791.5K48%
Office of Procurement Operations$15.9K1.0%
National Gallery of Art$12.1K0.7%
U.S. Secret Service$1,1060.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1900.0%

Top recipients

C E NIEHOFF & CO$1.7M100%
AMERITEL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION$15.9K1.0%
CHERRYS INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT CORP$12.1K0.7%
DETROIT GLASS AND DOOR LLC$1,1060.1%
FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY L.L.C.$5050.0%

Spending by fiscal year

3.4MFY2017
4.1MFY2018
4.9MFY2019
1.6MFY2020
5.7MFY2021
10.5MFY2022
6.5MFY2023
7.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$913.3K56%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$791.5K48%
Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing · 3333$15.9K1.0%
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4238$12.1K0.7%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$1930.0%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Roselle, Illinois

THE SELECTED CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL MATERIALS, LABOR, AND EQUIPMENT TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT REPLACE ROOFS AT THE FCI BUTNER, NC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK AND DRAWINGS.$4.8M
KDA CONTRACTORS LLC· DuPage County, IL· Construction & real property· Aug 15, 2023 – Aug 24, 2026· 15BFA023C00000015
REPLACE ROOF AT FDC SEATAC$3M
KDA CONTRACTORS LLC· DuPage County, IL· Construction & real property· Jan 19, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· 15BFA024C00000010
GENERATOR, ENGINE AC NSN: 2920-01-670-4331$648.7K
C E NIEHOFF & CO· DuPage County, IL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 24, 2026 – Mar 24, 2026· W912CH26F0203

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Roselle, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Roselle, Illinois's figures are part of those of DuPage County, IL and Cook County, IL ($7B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Roselle is mostly in DuPage County.

See federal money in DuPage County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Roselle, Illinois is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN66

Other cities and towns in DuPage County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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