Best PlacesRoosterville, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roosterville, 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.
Roosterville ranks 16,834th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Roosterville
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.
Roosterville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roosterville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
Where Roosterville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,385 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute35.2 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roosterville
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roosterville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,457, 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 Roosterville's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Roosterville
Roosterville runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Roosterville.
Who works in Roosterville, and how
Work in Roosterville centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Roosterville
Roosterville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Roosterville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Roosterville, month by month
Roosterville sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 28° | 18° |
| April | 63° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 88° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Roosterville
Bradley International sits about 21 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.3 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Roosterville
Schools across Roosterville average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Colebrook Consolidated SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Hartland SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Live Oaks SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Shore Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Joseph A. Foran High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- The Gilbert SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roosterville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roosterville 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 Roosterville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roosterville
Is Roosterville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roosterville ranks 16,834th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, tree cover, and big-city access, and lowest on childcare costs and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roosterville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $326,290. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $95,457 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Roosterville safe?
Yes, Roosterville is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $153 per resident a year.
Compare Roosterville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roosterville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roosterville 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.
Roosterville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roosterville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roosterville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roosterville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roosterville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roosterville 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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