Best PlacesRoswell, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roswell, 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.
Roswell ranks 41st of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $148,642, everyday costs sit below the national average, and an educated workforce ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are cell coverage, walkability, and biking.
The best neighborhoods in Roswell
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 Roswell
The parts of Roswell, 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.
Northern Roswell
Local pay stretches further, prices have run up less, and incomes run higher.
Roswell Commons & Minton House
Streets are more walkable and biking is better.
Ellard
More adults hold degrees, though fewer households have young kids.
Mansell Business Center
Fewer residents vote and health care is harder to reach.
Roswell shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 5% of the country and others in the top 2%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Roswell's strengths and weaknesses
Roswell ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. What local pay buys is the standout, in the top 1% of cities. Tree cover and health care access follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Cell coverage, walkability, and biking hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Roswell ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 98% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of cities
- Household income$148,642 median, better than 97% of cities
Where Roswell ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 14% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 18% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 24% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Roswell
A household needs to earn about $151,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roswell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $148,642; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Roswell's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Roswell
Roswell'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 Roswell.
Who works in Roswell, and how
Work in Roswell centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Roswell
Roswell has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of cities and more parkland per resident than 91% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Roswell and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Roswell, month by month
Roswell sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Roswell
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 28 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Roswell
Schools across Roswell average a B, better than 77% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Tritt Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Sweet Apple Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Timber Ridge Elementary SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mabry Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Crabapple Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Northwestern Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Walton High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Pope High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Lassiter High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roswell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roswell 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 Roswell against the other 444 cities.
Who Roswell suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 99% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 34% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Roswell
Is Roswell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roswell ranks 41st of 445 cities. It scores highest on what local pay buys, tree cover, and health care access, and lowest on cell coverage and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roswell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $578,739. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $148,642 median income, cost of living beats 99% of cities.
Is Roswell safe?
Roswell is safer than 27% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $425 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Roswell?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 56 with lows near 32. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 19% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Roswell?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Northern Roswell, Roswell Commons & Minton House, and Ellard. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Roswell good for families?
Schools beat 77% of cities, crime safety beats 27%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Is Roswell good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 99% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 77% of cities. About 34% of workers already work from home.
Compare Roswell with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roswell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roswell 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.
Roswell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roswell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roswell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roswell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roswell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roswell 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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