Best PlacesRosamond, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rosamond, 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.
Rosamond ranks 28,373rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rosamond
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.
Rosamond's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rosamond ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 165 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
Where Rosamond ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rosamond
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rosamond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $83,544; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Rosamond's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rosamond
Rosamond runs younger than the country, 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 Rosamond.
Who works in Rosamond, and how
Work in Rosamond centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Rosamond
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rosamond.
What the weather is like in Rosamond, month by month
Rosamond sees roughly 165 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 45° | 31° |
| April | 78° | 61° | 45° |
| July | 102° | 86° | 68° |
| October | 84° | 64° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Rosamond
Bob Hope sits about 47 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.1 million passengers in 2025, with 54 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rosamond
Schools across Rosamond average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cummings Valley ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Tompkins ElementaryC− · 26% proficient
- Gregg Anderson AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jacobsen MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- Miraleste IntermediateD+ · 25% proficient
- Tropico MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Tehachapi HighC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rosamond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rosamond 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 Rosamond against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Rosamond suits
Common questions about living in Rosamond
Is Rosamond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rosamond ranks 28,373rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and the weather, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rosamond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $334,453. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $83,544 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Rosamond safe?
Rosamond is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $338 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Rosamond?
July highs average about 102 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 31. That works out to about 165 pleasant days a year, more than 96% of towns.
Is Rosamond good for families?
Schools beat 50% of towns, crime safety beats 50%, and childcare runs $1,172 a month.
Compare Rosamond with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rosamond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rosamond 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.
Rosamond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rosamond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rosamond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rosamond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rosamond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rosamond 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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