Roseland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Indian River County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Roseland had a population of 1,591. It is part of the Sebastian–Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Geography
Roseland is located in northern Indian River County. It is bordered to the north by the St. Sebastian River, which forms the Brevard County line. The city of Sebastian is to the south, and unincorporated Micco is to the north, in Brevard County. To the east is the Indian River and Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge.
U.S. Route 1 passes through the east side of Roseland, leading north to Melbourne and south to Vero Beach.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Roseland CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 38.38%, are water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Roseland had a population of 1,591. The median age was 62.7 years. 8.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 43.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 100.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.7 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 797 households in Roseland, of which 11.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 46.5% were married-couple households, 21.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.