Best PlacesAshtabula, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ashtabula, 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.
Ashtabula ranks 1,908th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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
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.
Ashtabula's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ashtabula ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of cities
- Short commute21.9 minutes each way, better than 78% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 68% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 63% of cities
Where Ashtabula ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of cities
- Household income$56,754 median, better than only 5% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Ashtabula
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ashtabula home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,754, 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's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 5 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
Ashtabula runs older 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 Ashtabula.
Who works in Ashtabula, and how
Work in Ashtabula centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Ashtabula
Ashtabula has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of cities and more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Ashtabula and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ashtabula, month by month
Ashtabula sees roughly 92 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
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ashtabula
Schools across Ashtabula average a C, better than 25% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Cork Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Kingsville Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Jefferson ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Geneva Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Jefferson Area Junior High SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Wallace H Braden Middle SchoolB+ · 51% 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 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ashtabula 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 against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Ashtabula suits
Common questions about living in Ashtabula
Is Ashtabula a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ashtabula ranks 1,908th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and short commutes, and lowest on health outcomes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ashtabula expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $126,012. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $56,754 median income, cost of living beats 12% of cities.
Is Ashtabula safe?
Ashtabula is safer than 12% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $435 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ashtabula?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 21. That works out to about 92 pleasant days a year, more than 55% of cities.
Is Ashtabula good for families?
Schools beat 25% of cities, crime safety beats 12%, and childcare runs $959 a month.
Compare Ashtabula with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ashtabula. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ashtabula 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ashtabula: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ashtabula: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ashtabula: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ashtabula: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ashtabula 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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