Best PlacesApple Creek, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Apple Creek, 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.
Apple Creek ranks 12,728th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Apple Creek
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.
Apple Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Apple Creek ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute18.3 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
Where Apple Creek ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Apple Creek
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Apple Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,999, 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 Apple Creek's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 Apple Creek
Apple Creek runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Apple Creek.
Who works in Apple Creek, and how
Work in Apple Creek centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 25%
Life in Apple Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Apple Creek.
What the weather is like in Apple Creek, month by month
Apple Creek sees roughly 113 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Apple Creek
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 47 miles away.
The best schools in and around Apple Creek
Schools across Apple Creek average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wooster Twp Elementary SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Dalton Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Fredericksburg Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dalton Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- John R Lea Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Triway Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
Top high schools
- Dalton High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Waynedale High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Triway High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Apple Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Apple Creek 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 Apple Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Apple Creek
Is Apple Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Apple Creek ranks 12,728th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and short commutes, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Apple Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $289,843. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $77,999 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Apple Creek safe?
Apple Creek is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $402 per resident a year.
Compare Apple Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Apple Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Apple Creek 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.
Apple Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Apple Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Apple Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Apple Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Apple Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Apple Creek 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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