Best Places44854, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 44854, 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.
44854 ranks 14,414th 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.
The best neighborhoods in 44854
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.
44854's strengths and weaknesses
Where 44854 ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of zip codes
- School gradeA, better than 95% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of zip codes
Where 44854 ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than only 18% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than only 23% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 33% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 44854
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 44854 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,156, 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 44854's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 44854
44854 runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 44854.
Who works in 44854, and how
Work in 44854 centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in 44854
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 44854.
What the weather is like in 44854, month by month
44854 sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of 44854
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 61 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 44854
Schools across 44854 average an A, better than 95% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Buckeye Central Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buckeye Central Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- William Crawford Intermediate SchoolsA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Col Crawford High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Buckeye Central High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 44854 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
44854 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 44854 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 44854
Is 44854 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 44854 ranks 14,414th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and fast internet, and lowest on the weather and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 44854 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,201. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $72,156 median income, cost of living beats 52% of zip codes.
Is 44854 safe?
44854 is safer than 13% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $484 per resident a year.
Compare 44854 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 44854. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 44854 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.
44854 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 44854: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 44854: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 44854: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 44854: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
44854 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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