Best Places43050, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 43050, 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.
43050 ranks 10,034th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 43050
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.
43050's strengths and weaknesses
Where 43050 ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of zip codes
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of zip codes
- Short commute22.1 minutes each way, better than 75% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 71% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 70% of zip codes
Where 43050 ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 17% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than only 21% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 32% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than only 35% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 43050
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 43050 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,831, 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 43050's effective rate of 1.06%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 43050
43050 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 43050.
Who works in 43050, and how
Work in 43050 centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in 43050
43050 has more parkland per resident than 98% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 43050 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 43050, month by month
43050 sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of 43050
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 35 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 43050
Schools across 43050 average an A−, better than 87% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- East Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Wiggin Street Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Centerburg Elementary SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fredericktown Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Centerburg Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Mount Vernon Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Fredericktown High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Danville High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Centerburg High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 43050 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
43050 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 43050 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 43050 suits
Retirees
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Common questions about living in 43050
Is 43050 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 43050 ranks 10,034th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and short commutes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 43050 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $217,870. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $68,831 median income, cost of living beats 54% of zip codes.
Is 43050 safe?
Yes, 43050 is safer than 57% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $274 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 43050?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 23. That works out to about 82 pleasant days a year, more than 46% of zip codes.
Is 43050 good for families?
Schools beat 87% of zip codes, crime safety beats 57%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare 43050 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 43050. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 43050 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.
43050 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 43050: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 43050: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 43050: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 43050: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
43050 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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