Best PlacesRose Valley, WA 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 11,133rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and childcare costs 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
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$119,489 median, better than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
Where Rose Valley ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,375 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rose Valley
A household needs to earn about $108,000 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 $119,489, 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 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
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 manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Rose Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rose Valley.
What the weather is like in Rose Valley, month by month
Rose Valley sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 41° | 35° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 40° |
| July | 82° | 66° | 55° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Rose Valley
Portland International sits about 36 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
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 11,133rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, low crime, and high incomes, and lowest on childcare costs and state infrastructure. 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 $412,774. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $119,489 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Rose Valley safe?
Yes, Rose Valley is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 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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