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.
In Roosevelt, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Roosevelt is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town 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.
