Best PlacesRoswell, ID 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. 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.
Roswell ranks 22,375th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
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.
Roswell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roswell ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
Where Roswell ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roswell
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roswell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,135, 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 Roswell's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Roswell
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Roswell.
What the weather is like in Roswell, month by month
Roswell sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 51° | 36° |
| July | 96° | 78° | 58° |
| October | 68° | 51° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Roswell
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field sits about 39 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 59 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Roswell
Schools across Roswell average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Maxine Johnson ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Notus Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Wilder Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Parma Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Wilder Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Parma High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Notus Jr/sr High SchoolC− · 30% 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 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roswell
Is Roswell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roswell ranks 22,375th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state finances, and low disaster risk, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. 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 $445,569. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $71,135 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Roswell safe?
Roswell is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $438 per resident a year.
Compare Roswell with other towns
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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