In Roosevelt, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.48 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the town is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense 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 overall education level of Roosevelt is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.15% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Roosevelt in 2022 was $35,120, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,480 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 42.49% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Roosevelt include Jamaican, Haitian, Irish, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, and Barbadian.
Roosevelt also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 35.52%.
The most common language spoken in Roosevelt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
