Best PlacesRock Hill, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rock Hill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rock Hill ranks 4,507th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rock Hill
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Rock Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rock Hill ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
Where Rock Hill ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rock Hill
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rock Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $111,047, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Rock Hill's effective rate of 2.06%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rock Hill
Rock Hill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rock Hill.
Who works in Rock Hill, and how
Work in Rock Hill centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Rock Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rock Hill.
What the weather is like in Rock Hill, month by month
Rock Hill sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Rock Hill
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 67 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rock Hill
Schools across Rock Hill average a B−, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Emma C Chase SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Robert J Kaiser Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Monticello High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rock Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rock Hill measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Rock Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rock Hill
Is Rock Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rock Hill ranks 4,507th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, big-city access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on property taxes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rock Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $338,662. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $111,047 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Rock Hill safe?
Yes, Rock Hill is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $142 per resident a year.
Compare Rock Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rock Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rock Hill represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Rock Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rock Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rock Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rock Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rock Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rock Hill detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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