Best PlacesRosemount, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rosemount, 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.
Rosemount ranks 118th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rosemount
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.
Rosemount's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rosemount ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of cities
Where Rosemount ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 8% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 20% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 28% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 34% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 43% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Rosemount
A household needs to earn about $112,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rosemount home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $140,814, 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 Rosemount's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rosemount
Rosemount's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rosemount.
Who works in Rosemount, and how
Work in Rosemount centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Rosemount
Rosemount has more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Rosemount and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rosemount, month by month
Rosemount sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 17° | 10° |
| April | 55° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 59° | 49° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Rosemount
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 11 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 17.5 million passengers in 2025, with 195 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rosemount
Schools across Rosemount average a B+, better than 68% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Atheneum ElementaryA+ · 93% proficient
- Shannon Park ElementaryA · 69% proficient
- Red Pine ElementaryA · 64% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dakota Hills MiddleA− · 56% proficient
- Rosemount MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Mcguire MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Rosemount Senior HighA− · 63% proficient
- Hastings High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Lakeville South HighA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rosemount school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rosemount 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 Rosemount against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Rosemount suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 96% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 22% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Rosemount
Is Rosemount a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rosemount ranks 118th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, what local pay buys, and heat safety, and lowest on childcare costs and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rosemount expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $422,827. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $140,814 median income, cost of living beats 96% of cities.
Is Rosemount safe?
Yes, Rosemount is safer than 95% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Rosemount?
July highs average about 83 degrees, and January highs near 25 with lows near 10. That works out to about 91 pleasant days a year, more than 54% of cities.
Is Rosemount good for families?
Schools beat 68% of cities, crime safety beats 95%, and childcare runs $1,682 a month.
Compare Rosemount with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rosemount. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rosemount 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.
Rosemount detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rosemount: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rosemount: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rosemount: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rosemount: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rosemount 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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