Best Places44146, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 44146, 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.
44146 ranks 22,328th 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 44146
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.
44146's strengths and weaknesses
Where 44146 ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 91% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 82% of zip codes
Where 44146 ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of zip codes
- School gradeD+, better than only 17% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 17% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 44146
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 44146 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,885, 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 44146's effective rate of 1.58%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 44146
44146 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 44146.
Who works in 44146, and how
Work in 44146 centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in 44146
44146 has more parkland per resident than 79% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 44146 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 44146, month by month
44146 sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 60° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 76° | 69° |
| October | 68° | 59° | 51° |
Flying in and out of 44146
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 17 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 44146
Schools across 44146 average a D+, better than 17% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Moreland Hills Elementary SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Columbus Intermediate SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Glendale Primary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ballard Brady Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Heskett Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Milkovich Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Orange High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Bedford High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Warrensville Heights High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 44146 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
44146 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 44146 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 44146 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 13% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in 44146
Is 44146 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 44146 ranks 22,328th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low disaster risk, transit, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 44146 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $154,496. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $61,885 median income, cost of living beats 41% of zip codes.
Is 44146 safe?
44146 is safer than 9% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $577 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 44146?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 25. That works out to about 86 pleasant days a year, more than 52% of zip codes.
Is 44146 good for families?
Schools beat 17% of zip codes, crime safety beats 9%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare 44146 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 44146. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 44146 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.
44146 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 44146: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 44146: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 44146: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 44146: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
44146 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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