One downside of living in Roosevelt is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Roosevelt, the average commute to work is 33.93 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In addition, it is also a pedestrian-friendly town. Many of Roosevelt’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
Despite being a small town, Roosevelt has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The education level of Roosevelt citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.14% of adults in Roosevelt have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Roosevelt in 2022 was $35,132, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,528 for a family of four. However, Roosevelt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Roosevelt is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Roosevelt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roosevelt residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by Asian. Roosevelt also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 43.80% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Roosevelt include Jamaican, Haitian, Irish, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, and African.
Roosevelt also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 36.00%.
The most common language spoken in Roosevelt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
