Best Places44432, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 44432, 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.
44432 ranks 17,043rd of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 44432
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.
44432's strengths and weaknesses
Where 44432 ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of zip codes
- School gradeA−, better than 81% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 80% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of zip codes
Where 44432 ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than only 15% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 21% of zip codes
- Local economyBetter than only 22% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 44432
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 44432 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,619, 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 44432'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 44432
44432 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 44432.
Who works in 44432, and how
Work in 44432 centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in 44432
44432 has more parkland per resident than 93% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 44432 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 44432, month by month
44432 sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 38, 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 | 38° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 85° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of 44432
Pittsburgh International sits about 33 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 44432
Schools across 44432 average an A−, better than 81% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Beaver Local Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Mckinley Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Leetonia Elementary K-6B+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Beaver Local Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Crestview Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Southeast Elementary SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Beaver Local High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- United High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- David Anderson Jr/sr High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 44432 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
44432 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 44432 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 44432
Is 44432 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 44432 ranks 17,043rd of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on education levels and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 44432 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,077. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $63,619 median income, cost of living beats 31% of zip codes.
Is 44432 safe?
44432 is safer than 51% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $296 per resident a year.
Compare 44432 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 44432. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 44432 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.
44432 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 44432: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 44432: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 44432: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 44432: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
44432 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.