Best PlacesAmberley, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Amberley, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Amberley ranks 1,944th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Amberley
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.
Amberley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Amberley ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
Where Amberley ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Amberley
A household needs to earn about $139,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Amberley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $137,617; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Amberley's effective rate of 1.72%, 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 Amberley
Amberley runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Amberley.
Who works in Amberley, and how
Work in Amberley centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Amberley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Amberley.
What the weather is like in Amberley, month by month
Amberley sees roughly 63 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 Amberley
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 17 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 Amberley
Schools across Amberley average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Amity Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Academy Of World Languages SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Reading Junior Senior High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Deer Park Jr/sr High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Hughes Stem High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Amberley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Amberley 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 Amberley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Amberley
Is Amberley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Amberley ranks 1,944th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, health care access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on property taxes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Amberley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $471,556. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $137,617 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Amberley safe?
Yes, Amberley is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
Compare Amberley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Amberley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Amberley 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.
Amberley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Amberley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Amberley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Amberley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Amberley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Amberley 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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