Best PlacesAustinburg, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Austinburg, 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.
Austinburg ranks 11,844th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Austinburg
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.
Austinburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Austinburg ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 81% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 75% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Austinburg ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 30% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Austinburg
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Austinburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,952, 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 Austinburg's effective rate of 1.35%, 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 Austinburg
Austinburg runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Austinburg.
Who works in Austinburg, and how
Work in Austinburg 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 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Austinburg
Austinburg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Austinburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Austinburg, month by month
Austinburg 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 Austinburg
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Austinburg
Schools across Austinburg average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Austinburg Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Rock Creek Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Jefferson ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Geneva Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Jefferson Area Junior High SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Lakeside Junior High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson Area Sr High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Geneva High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Lakeside High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Austinburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Austinburg 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 Austinburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Austinburg
Is Austinburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Austinburg ranks 11,844th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and good schools, 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 Austinburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,226. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $83,952 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Austinburg safe?
Yes, Austinburg is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $221 per resident a year.
Compare Austinburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Austinburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Austinburg 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.
Austinburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Austinburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Austinburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Austinburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Austinburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Austinburg 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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