Best Places44116, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 44116, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
44116 ranks 954th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 44116
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.
44116's strengths and weaknesses
Where 44116 ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of zip codes
Where 44116 ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 11% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 17% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 35% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 44116
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 44116 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $108,813, 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 44116's effective rate of 1.82%, 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 44116
44116 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 44116.
Who works in 44116, and how
Work in 44116 centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in 44116
44116 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 80% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 44116 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 44116, month by month
44116 sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of 44116
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 44116
Schools across 44116 average an A+, better than 99% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Kensington Intermediate Elementary SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- Hayes Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rocky River Middle SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Harding Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top high schools
- Rocky River High SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Lakewood High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 44116 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
44116 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 44116 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 44116 suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 92% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 44116
Is 44116 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 44116 ranks 954th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on good schools, health care access, and low disaster risk, and lowest on property taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 44116 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $353,278. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $108,813 median income, cost of living beats 92% of zip codes.
Is 44116 safe?
44116 is safer than 37% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $332 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 44116?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 23. That works out to about 59 pleasant days a year, more than 6% of zip codes.
Is 44116 good for families?
Schools beat 100% of zip codes, crime safety beats 37%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare 44116 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 44116. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 44116 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.
44116 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 44116: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 44116: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 44116: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 44116: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
44116 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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