Best PlacesRose Garden, San Jose, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rose Garden, San Jose, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rose Garden, San Jose ranks 1,335th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Childcare costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on high incomes.
The best neighborhoods in Rose Garden, San Jose
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.
Rose Garden, San Jose's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rose Garden, San Jose ranks high
- Household income$143,510 median, better than 89% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 196 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Rose Garden, San Jose ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,106 a month, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Rose Garden, San Jose
A household needs to earn about $351,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rose Garden, San Jose home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $143,510, 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 Rose Garden, San Jose's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Rose Garden, San Jose
Rose Garden, San Jose's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rose Garden, San Jose.
Who works in Rose Garden, San Jose, and how
Work in Rose Garden, San Jose centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Rose Garden, San Jose
Rose Garden, San Jose has more parkland per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 26 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Rose Garden, San Jose and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rose Garden, San Jose, month by month
Rose Garden, San Jose sees roughly 196 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs March through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| April | 73° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 84° | 69° | 58° |
| October | 80° | 65° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Rose Garden, San Jose
Norman Y Mineta San Jose International sits about 2 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 67 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rose Garden, San Jose
Schools across Rose Garden, San Jose average a C+, better than 63% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Merritt Trace ElementaryC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Herbert Hoover MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Middle College HighA · 75% proficient
- Del Mar HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Abraham Lincoln HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rose Garden, San Jose school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rose Garden, San Jose 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 Rose Garden, San Jose against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Rose Garden, San Jose
Is Rose Garden, San Jose a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rose Garden, San Jose ranks 1,335th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on high incomes, the weather, and fast internet, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rose Garden, San Jose expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,371,684. The overall cost of living runs about 61% above the national average. Set against a $143,510 median income, cost of living beats 65% of neighborhoods.
Is Rose Garden, San Jose safe?
Yes, Rose Garden, San Jose is safer than 72% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $363 per resident a year.
Compare Rose Garden, San Jose with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rose Garden, San Jose. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rose Garden, San Jose 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.
Rose Garden, San Jose detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rose Garden, San Jose: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rose Garden, San Jose: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rose Garden, San Jose: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rose Garden, San Jose: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rose Garden, San Jose 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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