Best PlacesAshtabula County, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Ashtabula County, 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.
Ashtabula County ranks 1,884th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ashtabula County
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.
The best areas in Ashtabula County
The parts of Ashtabula County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Geneva
Fewer homes sit empty, crime runs lower, and local pay stretches further.
Jefferson
More households have young kids and it is quieter.
Orwell & Rock Creek
Commutes are longer and prices have run up more.
Andover
Fewer adults hold degrees and streets are more car-dependent.
Conneaut
Scores close to Andover, except that advertised internet is faster here.
Edgewood
Incomes run lower and schools score lower.
Ashtabula
Fewer residents vote and health care is harder to reach.
Scores across Ashtabula County run from about the 5th to the 80th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Ashtabula County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ashtabula County ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than 79% of counties
- School gradeB, better than 74% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 73% of counties
Where Ashtabula County ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 13% of counties
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 20% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 24% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Ashtabula County
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ashtabula County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,449, 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 Ashtabula County's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 Ashtabula County
Ashtabula County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ashtabula County.
Who works in Ashtabula County, and how
Work in Ashtabula County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Ashtabula County
Ashtabula County has more parkland per resident than 72% of counties and more late-night spots per resident than 66% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Ashtabula County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Ashtabula County growing, and who is moving in?
Ashtabula County has lost about 2% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Cleveland, OH metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Ashtabula County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Ashtabula County, month by month
Ashtabula County sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Ashtabula County
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ashtabula County
Schools across Ashtabula County average a B, better than 74% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Austinburg Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Cork Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Pymatuning Valley Primary Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pymatuning Valley Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Geneva Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Jefferson Area Junior High SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson Area Sr High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Geneva High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Edgewood High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ashtabula County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ashtabula County 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 Ashtabula County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Ashtabula County suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Ashtabula County
Is Ashtabula County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ashtabula County ranks 1,884th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and heat safety, and lowest on health outcomes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ashtabula County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,503. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $63,449 median income, cost of living beats 33% of counties.
Is Ashtabula County safe?
Ashtabula County is safer than 33% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $362 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ashtabula County?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 21. That works out to about 91 pleasant days a year, more than 53% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Ashtabula County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Geneva, Jefferson, and Orwell & Rock Creek. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Ashtabula County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ashtabula County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ashtabula County 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.
Ashtabula County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ashtabula County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ashtabula County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ashtabula County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ashtabula County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ashtabula County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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