Best PlacesRosaryville, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rosaryville, 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.
Rosaryville ranks 16,108th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rosaryville
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.
Rosaryville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rosaryville ranks high
- Household income$157,668 median, better than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Rosaryville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute40.1 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rosaryville
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rosaryville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $157,668, 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 Rosaryville's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rosaryville
Rosaryville runs older 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 Rosaryville.
Who works in Rosaryville, and how
Work in Rosaryville centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Rosaryville
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Rosaryville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rosaryville, month by month
Rosaryville sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Rosaryville
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 12 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rosaryville
Schools across Rosaryville average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Francis T. Evans ElementaryD · 19% proficient
- Melwood ElementaryD · 17% proficient
- Waldon Woods ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- James Madison MiddleD− · 18% proficient
- Gwynn Park MiddleD− · 16% proficient
- Stephen Decatur MiddleD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Frederick Douglass HighC− · 26% proficient
- Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. HighC− · 26% proficient
- Surrattsville HighD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rosaryville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rosaryville 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 Rosaryville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rosaryville
Is Rosaryville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rosaryville ranks 16,108th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, big-city access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on taxes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rosaryville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $475,316. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $157,668 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Rosaryville safe?
Rosaryville is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $406 per resident a year.
Compare Rosaryville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rosaryville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rosaryville 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.
Rosaryville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rosaryville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rosaryville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rosaryville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rosaryville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rosaryville 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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