Roseto, Pennsylvania

Borough of Roseto
Garibaldi Avenue in Roseto in August 2015
Garibaldi Avenue in Roseto in August 2015
Official seal of Borough of Roseto
Location of Roseto in Northampton County, Pennsylvania (left) and of Northampton County in Pennsylvania (right)
Location of Roseto in Northampton County, Pennsylvania (left) and of Northampton County in Pennsylvania (right)
Roseto is located in Pennsylvania
Roseto
Roseto
Location of Roseto in Pennsylvania
Roseto is located in the United States
Roseto
Roseto
Roseto (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°52′50″N 75°13′02″W / 40.88056°N 75.21722°W / 40.88056; -75.21722
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
CountyNorthampton
Government
 • MayorIlene R. Tillman[1]
Area
 • City0.64 sq mi (1.64 km2)
 • Land0.63 sq mi (1.63 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
794 ft (242 m)
Population
 • City1,581
 • Density2,513.51/sq mi (971.01/km2)
 • Metro
865,310 (US: 68th)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
18013
Area code(s)610 and 484
FIPS code42-66168
School districtBangor Area School District
Websiteboroughroseto.com

Roseto (locally /ˌrzɛtə/) is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The population of Roseto was 1,567 at the 2010 census. Roseto is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th most populated metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

Roseto is known in the fields of sociology and cardiology for the Roseto effect, wherein the close-knit Italian American community exhibited half the national average rate of heart disease in the mid-20th century. This finding helped to establish that stress can contribute to heart disease.[4]

  1. ^ "Borough Council, Mayor, and Committees". boroughroseto.com. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  3. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. ^ Gladwell, Malcolm (2008). Outliers: The Story of Success. Little, Brown and Co. ISBN 978-0-316-01792-3.