Roselle is a suburb of Chicago and is a village located in both DuPage County and Cook in Illinois. Roselle was first incorporated in 1922 as a bedroom community, with its train stop attracting residents commuting to Chicago or nearby suburbs for their jobs. As of the 2025 census, the village's population was 22,756.
History
thumb|Roselle Flour and Feed Mill in 1895, before it burned down in 1916
The area surrounding the current village of Roselle began to be settled in the early 1830s, as settlers moved in next to the native Potawatomi people. Silas L. Meacham and his brothers Harvey and Lyman settled the area now known as Bloomingdale Township. The government had been offering land in the area for around $1.25 / acre. In 1837, Deacon Elijah Hough and his wife settled in the Bloomingdale area, with his sons Oramel, and daughter Cornelia.
In 1868, at the age of 48, Rosell Hough returned from a career as an alderman and a businessman in Chicago, and saw that the area had become a farming center for corn and flax. He opened the Illinois Linen Company on the northwest corner off of what is now Roselle Road and Irving Park Road. Hough was also the president of the Chicago and Pacific Railroad Company. It is rumored that because of his position, he spent some money to alter a land survey to show that a railroad line should run through Roselle, Itasca and Wood Dale instead of Addison and Bloomingdale. The train schedule misprinted the name of the town on the rail line, giving Roselle its current name.
Geography
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Roselle has a total area of , of which (or 98.64%) is land and (or 1.36%) is water. Two notable hydrological features are Goose Lake and Spring Creek, a tributary to the East Branch of the DuPage River. Turner Pond is a man-made pond located just north of the town center.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Roselle village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|19,578
|17,885
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |16,551
|84.70%
|78.57%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |72.28%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|377
|577
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |557
|1.63%
|2.53%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |2.43%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|37
|21
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |21
|0.16%
|0.09%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |0.09%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|1,679
|2,058
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |2,422
|7.26%
|9.04%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |10.58%
|-
|Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|5
|7
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |9
|0.02%
|0.03%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |0.04%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|11
|11
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |80
|0.05%
|0.05%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |0.35%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|231
|337
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |648
|1.00%
|1.48%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |2.83%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|1,197
|1,867
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |2,609
|5.18%
|8.20%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |11.39%
|-
|Total
|23,115
|22,763
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |22,897
|100.00%
|100.00%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Roselle had a population of 22,897. There were 6,134 families residing in the village.
Income and poverty
The median income for a household in the village was $92,470, and the median income for a family was $107,719. Males had a median income of $60,901 versus $41,015 for females. The per capita income for the village was $40,589. About 3.4% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.
Economy
There are three main commercially zoned areas in the village. One is along the southern border of the town along Lake Street (U.S. Route 20), the second is in the center of the village near the historical center of Park Street and Irving Park Road (Illinois Route 19). In 2005, a new downtown business development opened along the Soo Line Railroad tracks just north of the town center (Main Street Station). The third is along Nerge Road, the northern edge of the village. Plans are currently underway for the redevelopment of the Downtown District in addition to Main Street Station. The several phase project is collectively known as Village Crossing. Roselle is home to Lynfred Winery, established in 1979. What started off as a retirement hobby by Fred and Lynn Koehler, now producing over 120 varietals of wine and over 50,000 cases of wine yearly.
Education
Roselle is served by Lake Park Community High School District 108. Portions of western Roselle are served by Keeneyville School District 20, whose Waterbury Elementary school is located in Roselle. Parts of eastern Roselle are served by Medinah School District 11, whose middle school is located in the village. Parts of northern Roselle fall within Schaumburg School Districts 54 and southern within Bloomingdale School District 13.
Non-public elementary schools in Roselle include St. Walter Catholic School, Trinity Lutheran and Medinah Baptist.
Transportation
Roselle is roughly bounded by Nerge Road to the north, unincorporated Medinah to the east, Lake Street to the south and Gary Avenue to the west. The main arterial roads of Irving Park Road and Roselle Road run east–west and north–south, respectively, through the central commercial area of Roselle.
Bicycle trails link the nearby cities of Schaumburg and Bloomingdale. The North Central DuPage Regional Trail runs through far southeastern portions of Roselle.
Roselle has a station on Metra's Milwaukee District West Line, which provides daily rail service between Elgin and Chicago Union Station.
Notable people
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- Mike Catalano, soccer player
- Mark Gorski, track cyclist and winner of gold medal in 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, attended Lake Park High School.
- Glenn Kotche, an American drummer and composer, best known for his involvement in the band Wilco.
- Don Schulze, pitcher for five Major League Baseball teams including the Chicago Cubs in 1983–84; born in Roselle
- Don Sunderlage, All-Star point guard with the Milwaukee Hawks and Minneapolis Lakers; born in Roselle
References
External links
- Village of Roselle official website
- Lake Park High School