Best Places45154, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 45154, 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.
45154 ranks 16,574th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 45154
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.
45154's strengths and weaknesses
Where 45154 ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of zip codes
- School gradeA−, better than 82% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 79% of zip codes
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 76% of zip codes
Where 45154 ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of zip codes
- Short commute31.4 minutes each way, better than only 22% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 22% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than only 26% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 45154
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 45154 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,087, 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 45154's effective rate of 0.76%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 45154
45154 runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 45154.
Who works in 45154, and how
Work in 45154 centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in 45154
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 45154.
What the weather is like in 45154, month by month
45154 sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 27° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 46° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of 45154
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 40 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 45154
Schools across 45154 average an A−, better than 82% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Lynchburg-clay Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Sardinia Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Mt Orab Primary Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lynchburg-clay Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Fayetteville-perry Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Mt Orab Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Lynchburg-clay High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Eastern High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Fayetteville-perry High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 45154 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
45154 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 45154 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 45154
Is 45154 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 45154 ranks 16,574th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and low taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 45154 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $237,582. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $71,087 median income, cost of living beats 45% of zip codes.
Is 45154 safe?
45154 is safer than 50% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $286 per resident a year.
Compare 45154 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 45154. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 45154 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.
45154 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 45154: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 45154: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 45154: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 45154: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
45154 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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