Best PlacesRosenberg, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rosenberg, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rosenberg ranks 1,568th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rosenberg
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.
The best areas in Rosenberg
The parts of Rosenberg, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
The Villages at Rosenberg
Kingdom Heights & Downtown Rosenberg
The Reserve at Brazos Town Center
Villages at Lakeside
Scores across Rosenberg run from about the 7th to the 86th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Rosenberg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rosenberg ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of cities
- Cheap childcare$842 a month, better than 76% of cities
Where Rosenberg ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Rosenberg
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rosenberg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,809, 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 Rosenberg's effective rate of 1.53%, 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 Rosenberg
Rosenberg runs younger 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 Rosenberg.
Who works in Rosenberg, and how
Work in Rosenberg centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Rosenberg
Rosenberg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Rosenberg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rosenberg, month by month
Rosenberg sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 46° |
| April | 82° | 71° | 62° |
| July | 95° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 73° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Rosenberg
William P Hobby sits about 32 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 101 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rosenberg
Schools across Rosenberg average a C+, better than 40% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Frost ElA · 67% proficient
- Manford Williams ElA− · 62% proficient
- Huggins ElA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Reading J HA · 65% proficient
- Briscoe J HA · 60% proficient
- Needville J HA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Foster H SA · 71% proficient
- George Ranch H SA · 68% proficient
- Needville H SB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rosenberg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rosenberg 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 Rosenberg against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Rosenberg suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Rosenberg
Is Rosenberg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rosenberg ranks 1,568th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, low taxes, and state finances, and lowest on thin health care access and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rosenberg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $255,996. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $80,809 median income, cost of living beats 49% of cities.
Is Rosenberg safe?
Rosenberg is safer than 43% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $424 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Rosenberg?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 46. That works out to about 127 pleasant days a year, more than 72% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Rosenberg?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are The Villages at Rosenberg, Kingdom Heights & Downtown Rosenberg, and The Reserve at Brazos Town Center. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Rosenberg with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rosenberg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rosenberg 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.
Rosenberg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rosenberg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rosenberg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rosenberg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rosenberg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rosenberg 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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