Best PlacesRoseland, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roseland, 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.
Roseland ranks 43,099th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Roseland
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.
Roseland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roseland ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
Where Roseland ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roseland
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roseland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,251, 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 Roseland's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Roseland
Roseland runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Roseland.
Who works in Roseland, and how
Work in Roseland centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 25%
Life in Roseland
Roseland has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Roseland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Roseland, month by month
Roseland sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 62° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Roseland
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Roseland
Schools across Roseland average a C, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kennedy AcademyB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lasalle AcademyB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Rise Up Academy At EgglestonD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roseland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roseland 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 Roseland against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roseland
Is Roseland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roseland ranks 43,099th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, population health, and biking, and lowest on crime and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roseland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,548. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $56,251 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Roseland safe?
Roseland is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,046 per resident a year.
Compare Roseland with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roseland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roseland 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.
Roseland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roseland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roseland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roseland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roseland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roseland 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.