Best PlacesRoseburg, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roseburg, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Roseburg ranks 26,586th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Roseburg
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.
Roseburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roseburg ranks high
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 70% of towns
Where Roseburg ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute40.8 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roseburg
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roseburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,563, 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 Roseburg's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Roseburg
Roseburg runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Roseburg.
Who works in Roseburg, and how
Work in Roseburg centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Roseburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Roseburg.
What the weather is like in Roseburg, month by month
Roseburg sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 62° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Roseburg
The nearest airport, Bishop International, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Roseburg
Schools across Roseburg average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Yale Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- John F Farrellemmett Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Capac Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Yale Junior High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Yale Senior High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Brown City High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Capac Jrsr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roseburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roseburg 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 Roseburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roseburg
Is Roseburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roseburg ranks 26,586th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, few empty homes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on car insurance costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roseburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,564. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $79,563 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Roseburg safe?
Yes, Roseburg is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Roseburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roseburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roseburg 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.
Roseburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roseburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roseburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roseburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roseburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roseburg 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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