Best PlacesRose Hill, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rose Hill, 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.
Rose Hill ranks 16,373rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low crime, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rose Hill
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 Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rose Hill ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- Cheap childcare$626 a month, better than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
Where Rose Hill ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Short commute34.0 minutes each way, better than only 17% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rose Hill
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rose Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,823, 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 Rose Hill's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 Hill
Rose Hill'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 Rose Hill.
Who works in Rose Hill, and how
Work in Rose Hill centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Rose Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rose Hill.
What the weather is like in Rose Hill, month by month
Rose Hill sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Rose Hill
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 43 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rose Hill
Schools across Rose Hill average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Upson-lee Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pike County Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Upson-lee High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Pike County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rose Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rose Hill 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 Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rose Hill
Is Rose Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rose Hill ranks 16,373rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, low disaster risk, and state finances, and lowest on an overheated housing market and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rose Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $299,838. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $85,823 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Rose Hill safe?
Yes, Rose Hill is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $179 per resident a year.
Compare Rose Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rose Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rose Hill 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 Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rose Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rose Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rose Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rose Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rose Hill 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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