Best PlacesRosewood Heights, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rosewood Heights, 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.
Rosewood Heights ranks 30,540th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rosewood Heights
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.
Rosewood Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Rosewood Heights ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
Where Rosewood Heights ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rosewood Heights
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rosewood Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,825, 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 Rosewood Heights' effective rate of 1.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Rosewood Heights
Rosewood Heights runs older than the country, 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 Rosewood Heights.
Who works in Rosewood Heights, and how
Work in Rosewood Heights centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Rosewood Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rosewood Heights.
What the weather is like in Rosewood Heights, month by month
Rosewood Heights sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Rosewood Heights
St Louis Lambert International sits about 18 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.5 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rosewood Heights
Schools across Rosewood Heights average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Parkside Primary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Eastwood Elem SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wilbur Trimpe Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- East Alton Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Civic Memorial High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- East Alton-wood River High SchF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rosewood Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rosewood Heights 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 Rosewood Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rosewood Heights
Is Rosewood Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rosewood Heights ranks 30,540th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, few empty homes, and transit, and lowest on taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rosewood Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $116,400. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $55,825 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Rosewood Heights safe?
Rosewood Heights is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $404 per resident a year.
Compare Rosewood Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rosewood Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rosewood Heights 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.
Rosewood Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rosewood Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rosewood Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rosewood Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rosewood Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rosewood Heights 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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