Best Places44512, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 44512, 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.
44512 ranks 8,877th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 44512
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.
44512's strengths and weaknesses
Where 44512 ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of zip codes
- School gradeA, better than 92% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 84% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 82% of zip codes
Where 44512 ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 30% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 31% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 44512
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 44512 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,062, 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 44512's effective rate of 1.57%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 44512
44512 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 44512.
Who works in 44512, and how
Work in 44512 centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in 44512
44512 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 99% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 44512 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 44512, month by month
44512 sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of 44512
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 44 miles away.
The best schools in and around 44512
Schools across 44512 average an A, better than 92% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- C H Campbell Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- West Boulevard Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Mckinley Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
Top middle schools
- Canfield Village Middle SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Boardman Center Intermediate SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Boardman Glenwood Junior HighA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Canfield High SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Poland Seminary High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Boardman High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 44512 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
44512 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 44512 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 44512 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 44512
Is 44512 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 44512 ranks 8,877th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on property taxes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 44512 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,047. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $65,062 median income, cost of living beats 45% of zip codes.
Is 44512 safe?
44512 is safer than 30% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $367 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 44512?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 20. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 24% of zip codes.
Is 44512 good for families?
Schools beat 92% of zip codes, crime safety beats 30%, and childcare runs $959 a month.
Compare 44512 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 44512. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 44512 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.
44512 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 44512: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 44512: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 44512: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 44512: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
44512 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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