Best Places45214, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 45214, 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.
45214 ranks 30,757th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 45214
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.
45214's strengths and weaknesses
Where 45214 ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of zip codes
- Short commute19.1 minutes each way, better than 88% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 87% of zip codes
Where 45214 ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- Household income$34,186 median, better than only 3% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 4% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 45214
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 45214 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $34,186, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 45214's effective rate of 1.36%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 45214
45214 runs younger 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 45214.
Who works in 45214, and how
Work in 45214 centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in 45214
45214 has more parkland per resident than 78% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 45214 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 45214, month by month
45214 sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of 45214
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 8 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 45214
Schools across 45214 average a D, better than 6% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Academy Of World Languages SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Roberts AcademyD · 18% proficient
- Orion AcademyD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Hughes Stem High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Robert A. Taft Information Technology High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 45214 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
45214 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 45214 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 45214
Is 45214 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 45214 ranks 30,757th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on crime and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 45214 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $168,087. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $34,186 median income, cost of living beats 3% of zip codes.
Is 45214 safe?
45214 is safer than 2% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $890 per resident a year.
Compare 45214 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 45214. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 45214 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.
45214 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 45214: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 45214: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 45214: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 45214: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
45214 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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