Roseland is an

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and

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(CDP) in

Indian River County Indian River County () is a county located in the southeastern and east-central portions of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 159,788. Its seat is Vero Beach. It is Florida's 7th richest county and in 2000 w ...

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, United States. The population was 1,472 at the 2010 census, down from 1,775 at the 2000 census. It is part of the

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–

Vero Beach Vero Beach is a city in and the county seat of Indian River County, Florida, United States. According to the 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,354. Nicknamed "The Hibiscus City", Vero is situated about southeast of Orlando along the ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Roseland is located in northern Indian River County at (27.834594, -80.489264). It is bordered to the north by the St. Sebastian River, which forms the

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line. The city of

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 Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), and part of the Everglades Headwaters NWR complex, located just off the western coast of Orchid Island, Florida in the Indian River Lagoon east of Sebast ...

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passes through the east side of Roseland, leading north to

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and south to

. According to the

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, the Roseland CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 38.38%, are water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,775 people, 842 households, and 506 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 987 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.68%

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, 0.23%

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, 0.28% Native American, 1.35% Asian, 0.56% from other races, and 0.90% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.24% of the population. There were 842 households, out of which 15.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.8% were

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living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.8% were non-traditional families or individuals. 34.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.05 and the average family size was 2.58. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 13.2% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 19.0% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 35.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $28,188, and the median income for a family was $34,853. Males had a median income of $30,326 versus $27,188 for females. The

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for the CDP was $18,084. About 9.1% of families and 18.7% of the population were below the

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, including 42.2% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.

Notable person

Arlo Guthrie Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk music, folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing protest song, songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his fa ...

, the folk singer of ''Alice's Restaurant'', owns a home here. After the hurricanes, ''Frances'' and ''Jeanne'' in 2004, the house was damaged. Guthrie contended with the county over repair work done to the home.Stephens, Henry
January 26, 2008. "Guthrie making 'a lot of progress' on house in Roseland"
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References

{{Authority control Census-designated places in Indian River County, Florida Unincorporated communities in Indian River County, Florida Populated places on the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida