Best PlacesRosemont, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rosemont, 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.
Rosemont ranks 32,855th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rosemont
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.
Rosemont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rosemont ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
Where Rosemont ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 51 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rosemont
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rosemont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,463, 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 Rosemont's effective rate of 2.00%, 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 Rosemont
Rosemont 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 Rosemont.
Who works in Rosemont, and how
Work in Rosemont centers on hospitality & food and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Rosemont
Rosemont has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Rosemont and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rosemont, month by month
Rosemont sees roughly 51 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Rosemont
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 2 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.8 million passengers in 2025, with 305 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rosemont
Schools across Rosemont average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stem Magnet Academy ElemB+ · 53% proficient
- Iroquois Community SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Rosemont Elem SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Algonquin Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Maine West High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- East Leyden High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Goode Stem Academy HsF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rosemont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rosemont 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 Rosemont against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rosemont
Is Rosemont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rosemont ranks 32,855th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rosemont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $353,200. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $71,463 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Rosemont safe?
Rosemont is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $468 per resident a year.
Compare Rosemont with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rosemont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rosemont 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.
Rosemont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rosemont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rosemont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rosemont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rosemont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rosemont 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.