Best PlacesRogers Mesa, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rogers Mesa, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rogers Mesa ranks 31,801st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rogers Mesa
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.
Rogers Mesa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rogers Mesa ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 120 pleasant days a year, better than 80% of towns
Where Rogers Mesa ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rogers Mesa
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rogers Mesa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $70,624, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Rogers Mesa's effective rate of 0.32%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Rogers Mesa
Rogers Mesa runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rogers Mesa.
Who works in Rogers Mesa, and how
Work in Rogers Mesa centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Rogers Mesa
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rogers Mesa.
What the weather is like in Rogers Mesa, month by month
Rogers Mesa sees roughly 120 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 71° | 54° | 39° |
| July | 98° | 80° | 63° |
| October | 71° | 53° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Rogers Mesa
The nearest airport, Montrose Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 184 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rogers Mesa
Schools across Rogers Mesa average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Cedaredge Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Hotchkiss Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cedaredge Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Delta Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Grand Mesa Choice AcademyF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rogers Mesa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rogers Mesa 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 Rogers Mesa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rogers Mesa
Is Rogers Mesa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rogers Mesa ranks 31,801st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, fast internet, and low property taxes, and lowest on air quality and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rogers Mesa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $359,998. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $70,624 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Rogers Mesa safe?
Rogers Mesa is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $471 per resident a year.
Compare Rogers Mesa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rogers Mesa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rogers Mesa 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.
Rogers Mesa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rogers Mesa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rogers Mesa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rogers Mesa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rogers Mesa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rogers Mesa 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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