Roseto - Northampton county

Population 1,653

Roseto, Pennsylvania

Roseto, Pennsylvania, in Northampton county, is 19 miles NE of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and 55 miles W of Newark, New Jersey. The town is included in the Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton metropolitan area. As of the year 2000 census, 1,653 people lived in Roseto.

The People and Families of Roseto

In Roseto, about 59% of adults are married.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Roseto had a median family income of $45,833.

Roseto Housing

An estimated 74% of living spaces in Roseto are occupied by their owners, not by renters. Optimists try to see the higher property taxes in the town as a sign of wealth and desirability.

Commuting

In Roseto, 95% of commuters drive to work.

Roseto Population (2000)

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	1,653	100%
Male	780	47.2%
Female	873	52.8%
Under 18	417	25.2%
18+	1,236	74.8%
65+	323	19.5%
Median Age	38
Average Family Size	3.04
White	1,634	98.9%
African-American	3	0.2%
Asian	6	0.4%
American Indian & Alaskan	0	0%
Other	3	0.2%
Mixed Race	7	0.4%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	32	1.9%
Median Family Income (1999)	$45,833
Population In Poverty	119	7.2%

Roseto Ancestry

Ancestry	Percent
Italian	52%
German	14.4%
Irish	5.3%
English	5.1%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	3.4%
Dutch	2.9%
US/American	2.6%
Pennsylvania German	2.5%
Welsh	2.3%
Polish	1.9%
Hungarian	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	1.1%
Swedish	0.8%
Greek	0.6%
Slovak	0.6%
Scottish	0.5%
Portuguese	0.5%
Canadian	0.5%
Russian	0.4%
French (except Basque)	0.4%