[3] Located just south of downtown Santa Rosa, Roseland is known for its commercial district along Sebastopol Road.

[4] Roseland is surrounded by the Santa Rosa neighborhoods of downtown to the northeast; Lincoln Square, West End, and Railroad Square to the north; South Park to the east; Bellevue Ranch to the south; and Wright area to the west.

[5] It was a census-designated place (CDP) in unincorporated Sonoma County until annexation into the City of Santa Rosa was finalized on November 1, 2017.

The north–south bicycle-pedestrian path along the tracks connects to the east–west Joe Rodota Trail at California State Route 12.

The racial makeup of Roseland was 3,235 (51.1%) White, 130 (2.1%) African American, 224 (3.5%) Native American (1.6% Pomo), 276 (4.4%) Asian (1.0% Laotian, 1.0% Filipino, 0.7% Cambodian, 0.6% Vietnamese, 0.2% Chinese, 0.2% Indian, 0.1% Korean), 15 (0.2%) Pacific Islander (0.2% Samoan), 2,078 (32.9%) from other races, and 367 (5.8%) from two or more races.

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3,773 persons (59.7%); 53.6% of Roseland is Mexican, 1.6% Salvadoran, 0.7% Guatemalan, 0.4% Puerto Rican, and 0.3% Nicaraguan.

There were 1,824 housing units at an average density of 1,939.8 per square mile (749.0/km2), of which 50.8% were owner-occupied and 49.2% were occupied by renters.

In the California State Legislature, Roseland is in the 2nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Mike McGuire, and in the 10th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Stephanie Nguyen.

The two middle schools, Roseland Accelerated Middle School and Roseland Collegiate Prep, serve students in seventh and eighth grade.

Lastly, Elsie Allen High School, Roseland University Prep and Roseland Collegiate Prep serve students in ninth through twelfth grade.