Moving to
Roslyn.

10,639people live here $99,318median household income▲ 23% above US $328,800median home valueNear US average

Roslyn is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, PA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Roslyn

Roslyn is an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania with county unemployment below the national average, household incomes running above the national average, a highly educated workforce, and schools with smaller class sizes than the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Roslyn deals with commute times longer than most cities.

The good

Low unemployment in the county
Higher-than-average incomes
Highly educated workforce
Low student-teacher ratio

The not so good

Above-average commute times

How Roslyn compares

Median household income

Roslyn$99,318

Pennsylvania avg$77,971

US$80,734

Median home value

Roslyn$328,800

Pennsylvania avg$254,500

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Roslyn

Based on Roslyn's median rent, home value and household income

To buy

$65,760

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $32,880
Homes cost 3.3× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Job market

3.5% county unemployment

Unemployment in Montgomery County is 3.5%, a little below the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Montgomery County (county-wide)

Safety

64 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Roslyn doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Abington Township Police Department, Montgomery County jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1723/100k · Policed by Abington Township Police Department, Montgomery County (township-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 17% above US

30 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 30.4 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 6% take public transit; 20% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

66%

Work from home

20%

Carpool

6.3%

Public transit

5.7%

Other

1.8%

Walk

1.0%

Climate

Summers are warm, with highs around 86°F, and winters are cold, with lows around 29°F and snow a regular occurrence. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforceNear US average

39% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 39% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

1 public school inside the boundary

There is 1 public school inside the boundary and 1 private school. The student-to-teacher ratio is 12:1, well below the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site (12 miles away). There are 8 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Roslyn's strongest points are county unemployment below the national average and household incomes running above the national average; the main tradeoff is commute times longer than most cities. It tends to suit remote workers (20% of workers here already work from home).

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