Best PlacesRosstown, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rosstown, 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.
Rosstown ranks 12,653rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rosstown
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.
Rosstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rosstown ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Rosstown ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rosstown
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rosstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,571, 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 Rosstown's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Rosstown
Rosstown'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 Rosstown.
Who works in Rosstown, and how
Work in Rosstown centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Rosstown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rosstown.
What the weather is like in Rosstown, month by month
Rosstown sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, 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 | 38° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 64° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 84° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Rosstown
Indianapolis International sits about 46 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.2 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rosstown
Schools across Rosstown average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Csa Fodrea CampusC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Columbus North High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Columbus East High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rosstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rosstown 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 Rosstown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rosstown
Is Rosstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rosstown ranks 12,653rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rosstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $218,968. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $101,571 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Rosstown safe?
Yes, Rosstown is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
Compare Rosstown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rosstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rosstown 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.
Rosstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rosstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rosstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rosstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rosstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rosstown 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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