Best Places44663, OH Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 44663, 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.

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44663 ranks 9,851st of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 44663

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 44663 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

44663's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%Cheap car insurance
Top 5%Fast internet
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 44663 with other zip codes.

Where 44663 ranks high

  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of zip codes
  • Internet speedBetter than 97% of zip codes
  • School gradeA−, better than 87% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than 85% of zip codes
  • Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of zip codes

Where 44663 ranks low

  • Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of zip codes
  • Health outlookBetter than only 28% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than only 29% of zip codes
  • Low property taxBetter than only 31% of zip codes
  • Household income$64,199 median, better than only 32% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 44663

A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 44663 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,199, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$49,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,150
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $181,751 home
Median rent
$881
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$927
Property tax$163
Homeowners insurance$61

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 44663's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 44663

44663 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
46
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
25%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.2
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1819%
18 to 3419%
35 to 4918%
50 to 6418%
65 and older25%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 44663.


Who works in 44663, and how

Work in 44663 centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
9%
below the national average
Unemployment
2.6%
below the national average
Job growth
−1.2%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Manufacturing24%
Health care & social11%
Retail trade10%
Education8%
Other services7%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 88%
  • Work from home 9%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in 44663

44663 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 74% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 44663 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
127
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 49.3 per 10,000 residents, more than 68% of zip codes
Coffee shops
8
about 3.1 per 10,000 residents, more than 54% of zip codes
Parkland
119 acres
about 4.6 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 74% of zip codes

What the weather is like in 44663, month by month

44663 sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January40°30°22°
April66°52°39°
July87°74°63°
October70°56°44°

Flying in and out of 44663

The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 64 miles away.

Nearest airport
CAK
Akron-Canton Regional, about 30 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
146th-busiest in the US, 32 nonstop destinations
Average drive
43 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 44663

Schools across 44663 average an A−, better than 87% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 44663 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


44663 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 44663 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 44663 suits

Families

Schools beat 87% of zip codes and crime safety beats 57%.

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Remote workers

Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.

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Retirees

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Common questions about living in 44663

Is 44663 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 44663 ranks 9,851st of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, fast internet, and good schools, and lowest on the weather and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 44663 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $181,751. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $64,199 median income, cost of living beats 50% of zip codes.

Is 44663 safe?

Yes, 44663 is safer than 57% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $277 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 44663?

July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 22. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 19% of zip codes.

Is 44663 good for families?

Schools beat 87% of zip codes, crime safety beats 57%, and childcare runs $959 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 44663. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 44663 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.

44663 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 44663: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 44663: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 44663: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 44663: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

44663 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.