Best PlacesRoseville, MN 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. 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.
Roseville ranks 633rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
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.
Roseville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roseville ranks high
- BikingBetter than 93% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of cities
- TransitBetter than 88% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of cities
Where Roseville ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 8% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 22% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 23% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 28% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Roseville
A household needs to earn about $101,000 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 $90,163, 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 1.22%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Roseville
Roseville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Roseville.
Who works in Roseville, and how
Work in Roseville centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Roseville
Roseville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of cities and more parkland per resident than 98% 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 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 19° | 12° |
| April | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Roseville
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 10 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 Roseville
Schools across Roseville average a C+, better than 36% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Parkview Center SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Valentine Hills ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
- Brimhall ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Highview Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Roseville Area MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Mounds View Senior HighA · 74% proficient
- Roseville Area Senior HighB+ · 51% proficient
- Minnesota Virtual SchoolsB− · 43% 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 2,097 cities.
Who Roseville suits
Retirees
The weather beats 73% of cities and health care access beats 79%.
Common questions about living in Roseville
Is Roseville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roseville ranks 633rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on biking, state infrastructure, and transit, and lowest on a weak job market and childcare costs. 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 $367,080. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $90,163 median income, cost of living beats 67% of cities.
Is Roseville safe?
Roseville is safer than 22% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $425 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Roseville?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 26 with lows near 12. That works out to about 128 pleasant days a year, more than 73% of cities.
Is Roseville good for families?
Schools beat 36% of cities, crime safety beats 22%, and childcare runs $1,682 a month.
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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