Best PlacesRoseville, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roseville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Roseville ranks 57th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $125,561, wages outrun the cost of living, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are childcare costs, taxes, and internet speeds.
The best neighborhoods in Roseville
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 Roseville
The parts of Roseville, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Blue Oaks
More households have young kids, it is quieter, and local pay stretches further.
Junction West
Crime runs lower, though streets are more car-dependent.
East Roseville Parkway & Enwood
More adults hold degrees, though prices have run up more.
Kaseberg-Kingswood, Foothill Junction & Woodcreek Oaks
Biking is better and transit reaches more jobs.
Harding & Stanford
Johnson Ranch, Cirby Side & Meadow Oaks
Incomes run lower and heat risk is higher.
Roseville-Sacramento, Vineyard-Sacramento & Cresthaven
Commutes are shorter, though fewer residents vote.
Scores across Roseville run from about the 15th to the 99th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Roseville's strengths and weaknesses
Roseville ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. Few empty homes, health care access, and high incomes carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Childcare costs, taxes, and internet speeds hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Roseville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of cities
- Household income$125,561 median, better than 88% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of cities
Where Roseville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,572 a month, better than only 12% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 21% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 23% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Roseville
A household needs to earn about $173,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roseville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $125,561, 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 Roseville's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Roseville
Roseville'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 Roseville.
Who works in Roseville, and how
Work in Roseville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Roseville
Roseville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of cities and more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Roseville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Roseville, month by month
Roseville sees roughly 147 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 48° | 41° |
| April | 75° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 97° | 78° | 63° |
| October | 80° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Roseville
Sacramento International sits about 16 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Roseville
Schools across Roseville average a B−, better than 62% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Greenhills ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Quail Glen ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
- Maidu ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Olympus Junior HighA · 67% proficient
- Twelve Bridges MiddleA− · 56% proficient
- Excelsior ElementaryA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Oakmont HighA− · 64% proficient
- Granite Bay HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Whitney HighB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roseville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roseville 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 Roseville against the other 444 cities.
Who Roseville suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 82% of cities and 24% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 72% of cities and health care access beats 89%.
Common questions about living in Roseville
Is Roseville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roseville ranks 57th of 445 cities. It scores highest on few empty homes, health care access, and high incomes, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roseville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $659,707. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $125,561 median income, cost of living beats 82% of cities.
Is Roseville safe?
Yes, Roseville is safer than 76% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Roseville?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 41. That works out to about 147 pleasant days a year, more than 72% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Roseville?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Blue Oaks, Junction West, and East Roseville Parkway & Enwood. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Roseville good for families?
Schools beat 62% of cities, crime safety beats 76%, and childcare runs $1,572 a month.
Is Roseville good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 82% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 17% of cities. About 24% of workers already work from home.
Compare Roseville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roseville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roseville 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.
Roseville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roseville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roseville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roseville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roseville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roseville 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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