Best PlacesRose Lodge, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rose Lodge, 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 Lodge ranks 35,142nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rose Lodge
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 Lodge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rose Lodge ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of towns
Where Rose Lodge ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rose Lodge
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rose Lodge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $61,074, 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 Lodge's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rose Lodge
Rose Lodge runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rose Lodge.
Who works in Rose Lodge, and how
Work in Rose Lodge centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Rose Lodge
The coast is about 18 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Rose Lodge, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rose Lodge, month by month
Rose Lodge sees roughly 111 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 44° | 38° |
| April | 58° | 49° | 41° |
| July | 70° | 60° | 52° |
| October | 63° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Rose Lodge
The nearest airport, McNary Field, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Portland International, about 78 miles away.
Rose Lodge 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 Lodge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rose Lodge
Is Rose Lodge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rose Lodge ranks 35,142nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, tree cover, and transit, and lowest on an overheated housing market 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 Lodge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $284,185. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $61,074 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Rose Lodge safe?
Yes, Rose Lodge is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $342 per resident a year.
Compare Rose Lodge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rose Lodge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rose Lodge 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 Lodge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rose Lodge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rose Lodge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rose Lodge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rose Lodge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rose Lodge 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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