Best PlacesRose Valley, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rose Valley, 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.
Rose Valley ranks 299th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rose Valley
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 Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rose Valley ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$246,875 median, better than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
Where Rose Valley ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,032 a month, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rose Valley
A household needs to earn about $233,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rose Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $246,875, 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 Valley's effective rate of 2.18%, 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 Valley
Rose Valley 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 Rose Valley.
Who works in Rose Valley, and how
Work in Rose Valley centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Rose Valley
The coast is about 43 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Rose Valley, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rose Valley, month by month
Rose Valley sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, 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 | 45° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Rose Valley
Philadelphia International sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 14.8 million passengers in 2025, with 179 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rose Valley
Schools across Rose Valley average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wallingford El SchA+ · 98% proficient
- Nether Providence El SchA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Strath Haven MsA+ · 74% proficient
Top high schools
- Strath Haven HsA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rose Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rose Valley 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 Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rose Valley
Is Rose Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rose Valley ranks 299th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rose Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $751,100. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $246,875 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Rose Valley safe?
Rose Valley is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $261 per resident a year.
Compare Rose Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rose Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rose Valley 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 Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rose Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rose Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rose Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rose Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rose Valley 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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