Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Overall it grades C−, 522nd of 841 graded towns in California. Its public schools beat 78% of California towns on state tests and graduation and it is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $890K for a typical one and 9.3 times the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income. Rosemead's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 97% of U.S. towns. Rosemead’s January low is 46°F, against 40°F in California’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. Rosemead is home to University of the West.
Where Rosemead beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Mildred B. Janson Elementary | K–6 | 575 |
| Emma W. Shuey Elementary | K–6 | 450 |
| Encinita Elementary | K–6 | 418 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Rosemead is from typical.
Its grades run from A for walkability (better than 87% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 2%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 15,476 in 1960, 51,185 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2014 and 8 maps from 1896 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rosemead. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaSoFi Stadium
Big draw15 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw20 mi Theme parkDisneyland17.3M visitors a year
Big draw13 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaDodger StadiumSoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Disneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Kriddl, CC0 · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: CanonStarGal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dodger Stadium: Frederick Dennstedt from los angeles, usa, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rosemead, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Rosemead.
Rosemead has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, has better schools than San Gabriel or any other neighbor and has seen reported crime fall beyond ordinary swings.
One flood insurance claim has been paid in Rosemead since 1983.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its A− is the best School Grade on its borders; San Gabriel (B+) is next.
Two of its 16 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garvey (Richard) IntermediateLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 661 | – |
| Rosemead HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,691 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 1,470 to 1,311 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in Rosemead is 23.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Rosemead | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 23.1 per 1,000 residents | 13.3 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.6 per 1,000 residents | 2.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Rosemead for work: only 9% work in town. 14% of Rosemead residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Rosemead fell to 14,164 in 2023, 1,590 fewer than in 2013.
| Rosemead | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 8.9% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
January nights average 46.1°, milder than in 97% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 87.6°.
Rosemead has warm winters and warm summers, with very little rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
47% of households own their home in Rosemead. The typical Rosemead home is worth about $890,000, up 0.8% in a year, 17% above the California typical home. Rosemead’s median rent is $1,834 a month.
| Rosemead | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 47% | 64% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 60% | 55% | 48% |
| Median rent | $1,834 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2.2 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Rosemead Park, at 28 acres.
| Rosemead | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.1% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rosemead Park | 0.9 mi | 28 |
| 2. Zapopan Park | 0.5 mi | 7 |
| 3. Jay Imperial Park | 0.3 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Rosemead beats the California average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20. Among 847 California towns, just 7 have a lower share of adults who binge drink than Rosemead.
| Rosemead | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 22% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 36% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 29% | 35% |
| What stands out | Rosemead | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 10% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.3% | 6.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 27.6% | 17.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
58 within 15 miles of the center of Rosemead
About 7 of every 100 Rosemead residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
Where Rosemead’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in California, United States
Rosemead is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The 2020 United States census reported a population of 51,185. Rosemead is part of a cluster of cities, along with Alhambra, Arcadia, Temple City, Monterey Park, San Marino, and San Gabriel, in the west San Gabriel Valley with a growing Asian-American population.
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6 towns share a border with Rosemead.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemead | #522 | C− | D− | C− | A− | C+ |
| South San Gabriel | #452 | C− | D− | — | B− | B |
| San Gabriel | #336 | C | D− | C | B+ | B |
| El Monte | #668 | D | D− | C− | C+ | C |
| Monterey Park | #496 | C− | D− | C− | B | B− |
| Montebello | #680 | D | D− | D | C | B− |
| South El Monte | #751 | D− | D | D | C+ | C− |
South San Gabriel reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Rosemead with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Rosemead grades C− overall, better than 17% of U.S. towns and #522 of 841 in California. It grades C+ for health, C− for safety and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
2 notable people were born here, including Wayne Englestad and Venus D Lite.
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