Best PlacesRosemead, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rosemead, 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.
Rosemead ranks 1,762nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rosemead
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.
Rosemead's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rosemead ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 264 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of cities
- TransitBetter than 91% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of cities
Where Rosemead ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 2% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Rosemead
A household needs to earn about $204,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rosemead home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,725, 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 Rosemead's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Rosemead
Rosemead 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 Rosemead.
Who works in Rosemead, and how
Work in Rosemead centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Rosemead
Rosemead has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of cities and more parkland per resident than 76% of cities. The coast is about 21 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Rosemead and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rosemead, month by month
Rosemead sees roughly 264 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through May.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 60° | 48° |
| April | 76° | 68° | 57° |
| July | 89° | 81° | 69° |
| October | 83° | 74° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Rosemead
The nearest airport, Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bob Hope, about 18 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rosemead
Schools across Rosemead average a C+, better than 44% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Potrero Heights ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Roosevelt ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jefferson MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- La Merced IntermediateD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Gabrielino HighA · 72% proficient
- El Rancho HighB · 50% proficient
- Schurr HighC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rosemead school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rosemead 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 Rosemead against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Rosemead suits
Common questions about living in Rosemead
Is Rosemead a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rosemead ranks 1,762nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and the weather, and lowest on civic engagement and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rosemead expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $794,846. The overall cost of living runs about 35% above the national average. Set against a $76,725 median income, cost of living beats 2% of cities.
Is Rosemead safe?
Rosemead is safer than 28% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $385 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Rosemead?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 68 with lows near 48. That works out to about 264 pleasant days a year, more than 96% of cities.
Is Rosemead good for families?
Schools beat 44% of cities, crime safety beats 28%, and childcare runs $1,130 a month.
Compare Rosemead with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rosemead. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rosemead 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.
Rosemead detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rosemead: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rosemead: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rosemead: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rosemead: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rosemead 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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