Best PlacesRosendale, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rosendale, 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.
Rosendale ranks 32,954th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rosendale
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.
Rosendale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rosendale ranks high
- Cheap childcare$489 a month, better than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 74% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Short commute24.1 minutes each way, better than 68% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 63% of towns
Where Rosendale ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 25% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rosendale
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rosendale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,778, 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 Rosendale'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rosendale
Rosendale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rosendale.
Who works in Rosendale, and how
Work in Rosendale centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Rosendale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rosendale.
What the weather is like in Rosendale, month by month
Rosendale sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Rosendale
Kansas City International sits about 51 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rosendale
Schools across Rosendale average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Andrew Elem.B+ · 53% proficient
- Minnie Cline Elem.C+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Savannah MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- North Andrew MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Savannah HighC · 33% proficient
- North Andrew HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rosendale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rosendale 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 Rosendale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rosendale
Is Rosendale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rosendale ranks 32,954th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, health care access, and state finances, and lowest on a weak job market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rosendale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $184,214. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $66,778 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Rosendale safe?
Rosendale is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $352 per resident a year.
Compare Rosendale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rosendale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rosendale 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.
Rosendale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rosendale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rosendale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rosendale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rosendale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rosendale 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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