Best Places44135, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 44135, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
44135 ranks 22,125th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 44135
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.
44135's strengths and weaknesses
Where 44135 ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 94% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 91% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of zip codes
Where 44135 ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 44135
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 44135 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,212, 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 44135's effective rate of 1.65%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 44135
44135 runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 44135.
Who works in 44135, and how
Work in 44135 centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in 44135
44135 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 44135 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 44135, month by month
44135 sees roughly 62 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 44135
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 3 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 44135
Schools across 44135 average a D+, better than 14% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Brook Park Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Brooklyn Intermediate SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Douglas MacarthurC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lewis F Mayer Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Berea-midpark Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Constellation Schools: Puritas Community MiddleD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Fairview High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Berea-midpark High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Brooklyn High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 44135 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
44135 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 44135 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 44135 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in 44135
Is 44135 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 44135 ranks 22,125th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low disaster risk, transit, and walkability, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 44135 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,388. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $59,212 median income, cost of living beats 27% of zip codes.
Is 44135 safe?
44135 is safer than 12% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $520 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 44135?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 23. That works out to about 62 pleasant days a year, more than 11% of zip codes.
Is 44135 good for families?
Schools beat 14% of zip codes, crime safety beats 12%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare 44135 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 44135. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 44135 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.
44135 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 44135: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 44135: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 44135: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 44135: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
44135 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.