Best PlacesRogers, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rogers, 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.
Rogers ranks 492nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rogers
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' strengths and weaknesses
Where Rogers ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
Where Rogers ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,656 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 30% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rogers
A household needs to earn about $124,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rogers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $143,911, 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 Rogers' effective rate of 1.01%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rogers
Rogers's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rogers.
Who works in Rogers, and how
Work in Rogers centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Rogers
Rogers has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Rogers and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rogers, month by month
Rogers sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 16° | 9° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 58° | 48° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Rogers
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 27 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 17.5 million passengers in 2025, with 195 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rogers
Schools across Rogers average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rogers ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Fernbrook ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Hassan ElementaryA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rogers Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Buffalo Community MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Osseo Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Rogers Senior HighA− · 64% proficient
- Maple Grove Senior HighA− · 62% proficient
- Buffalo Senior HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rogers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rogers 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rogers
Is Rogers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rogers ranks 492nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, population health, and what local pay buys, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rogers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $461,774. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $143,911 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Rogers safe?
Yes, Rogers is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $230 per resident a year.
Compare Rogers with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rogers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rogers 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rogers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rogers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rogers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rogers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rogers 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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