Best Places44514, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 44514, 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.
44514 ranks 5,712th 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 44514
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.
44514's strengths and weaknesses
Where 44514 ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of zip codes
- School gradeA−, better than 91% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of zip codes
Where 44514 ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 25% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 28% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 34% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 35% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 44514
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 44514 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,449, 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 44514's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 44514
44514 runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 44514.
Who works in 44514, and how
Work in 44514 centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in 44514
44514 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 44514 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 44514, month by month
44514 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 44514
Pittsburgh International sits about 41 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 44514
Schools across 44514 average an A−, better than 91% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- South Range Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Springfield Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Mckinley Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Range Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Springfield Intermediate Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Poland Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Poland Seminary High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- South Range High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Springfield High SchoolA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 44514 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
44514 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 44514 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 44514 suits
Common questions about living in 44514
Is 44514 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 44514 ranks 5,712th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and health care access, 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 44514 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $222,684. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $83,449 median income, cost of living beats 63% of zip codes.
Is 44514 safe?
44514 is safer than 49% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $294 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 44514?
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 25% of zip codes.
Is 44514 good for families?
Schools beat 91% of zip codes, crime safety beats 49%, and childcare runs $959 a month.
Compare 44514 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 44514. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 44514 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.
44514 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 44514: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 44514: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 44514: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 44514: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
44514 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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