Best PlacesAvon Lake, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Avon Lake, 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.
Avon Lake ranks 119th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Avon Lake
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.
Avon Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Avon Lake ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 99% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of cities
Where Avon Lake ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 7% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 27% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Avon Lake
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Avon Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $130,392, 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 Avon Lake's effective rate of 1.46%, 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 Avon Lake
Avon Lake 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 Avon Lake.
Who works in Avon Lake, and how
Work in Avon Lake centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Avon Lake
Avon Lake has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of cities and more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Avon Lake and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Avon Lake, month by month
Avon Lake sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, 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 | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Avon Lake
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 10 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Avon Lake
Schools across Avon Lake average an A+, better than 99% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Eastview Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Redwood Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Erieview Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Learwood Middle SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Troy Intermediate Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Brookside Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Avon Lake High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Brookside High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Avon Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Avon Lake 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 Avon Lake against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Avon Lake suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 93% of cities and 23% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Avon Lake
Is Avon Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Avon Lake ranks 119th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on internet speeds and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Avon Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $356,763. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $130,392 median income, cost of living beats 93% of cities.
Is Avon Lake safe?
Yes, Avon Lake is safer than 76% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $214 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Avon Lake?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 23. That works out to about 57 pleasant days a year, more than 3% of cities.
Is Avon Lake good for families?
Schools beat 99% of cities, crime safety beats 76%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Avon Lake with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Avon Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Avon Lake 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.
Avon Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Avon Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Avon Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Avon Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Avon Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Avon Lake 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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