Best Places43830, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 43830, 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.
43830 ranks 5,855th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 43830
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.
43830's strengths and weaknesses
Where 43830 ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Heat safetyBetter than 86% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 81% of zip codes
- School gradeB+, better than 80% of zip codes
Where 43830 ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than only 24% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 28% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than only 31% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than only 32% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 43830
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 43830 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,273, 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 43830's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 43830
43830 runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 43830.
Who works in 43830, and how
Work in 43830 centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in 43830
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 43830.
What the weather is like in 43830, month by month
43830 sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of 43830
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 42 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 43830
Schools across 43830 average a B+, better than 80% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Nashport Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Frazeysburg Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- West Muskingum Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tri-valley Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Licking Valley Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- West Muskingum Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Tri-valley High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Licking Valley High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- West Muskingum High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 43830 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
43830 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 43830 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 43830
Is 43830 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 43830 ranks 5,855th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and civic engagement, and lowest on the weather and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 43830 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,306. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $93,273 median income, cost of living beats 81% of zip codes.
Is 43830 safe?
Yes, 43830 is safer than 69% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
Compare 43830 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 43830. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 43830 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.
43830 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 43830: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 43830: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 43830: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 43830: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
43830 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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