Best PlacesRockhill, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rockhill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rockhill ranks 30,299th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rockhill
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.
Rockhill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rockhill ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
Where Rockhill ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Household income$51,386 median, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rockhill
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rockhill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,386, 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 Rockhill's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rockhill
Rockhill runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rockhill.
Who works in Rockhill, and how
Work in Rockhill centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Rockhill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rockhill.
What the weather is like in Rockhill, month by month
Rockhill sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Rockhill
Pittsburgh International sits about 51 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rockhill
Schools across Rockhill average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Union Local Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Harrison Central Elementary SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Union Local Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Harrison Central Jr./sr. High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Union Local High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rockhill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rockhill 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 Rockhill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rockhill
Is Rockhill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rockhill ranks 30,299th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cheap car insurance, and a stable housing market, and lowest on health outcomes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rockhill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $97,699. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $51,386 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Rockhill safe?
Rockhill is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $295 per resident a year.
Compare Rockhill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rockhill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rockhill 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.
Rockhill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rockhill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rockhill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rockhill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rockhill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rockhill 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.