 About 5.7% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.4% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.Roseto and its inhabitants were the scene of a study by folklorist Carla Bianco in the early 1970s.She compared Roseto, Pennsylvania, with the mountain town where its name and most of its original settlers had come from, Roseto Valfortore in the province of Foggia, located in the Apulia region of Italy.