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Roselawn, Indiana.

A community in Newton County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Newton County’s.

Living in Roselawn, Newton County, Indiana

Roselawn, in Newton County, had 4,132 people in the 2020 census. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. Unemployment in Newton County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Newton County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.

People 4,132 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Roselawn for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.3% Newton County, August 2026; 3.8% a year before
Homes 90% lived in by their owners; 10% rented
  • 1,177households
  • 10%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 40 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What people in Newton County work in

  • Manufacturing17%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care16%
  • Building trades13%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Newton County had 3,240 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 15°; warmest in July, 84° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 15° F M A M J J 84° 62° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 15°; warmest in July, 84° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 15° F M A M J J 84° 62° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 62°. About 30 inches of snow and 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lowell weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Newton County

  1. AdkevMotor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing180
  2. North Newton School CorpSchool district163FTE
  3. South Newton School CorpSchool district142FTE
  4. Rose Acre FarmsChicken egg production94
  5. Aperion Care DemotteSkilled nursing facilities90
  6. Premium WatersSpring waters, purifying and bottling63
  7. In-npdi-indianaAgriculture44
  8. Running SupplyDistribution center41

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 608 people in all across the county; Roselawn has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windRelatively high
  2. Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of RoselawnRelatively moderate
  3. HailRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Roselawn’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Newton County.