Best PlacesBaltic, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Baltic, 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.
Baltic ranks 14,986th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Baltic
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.
Baltic's strengths and weaknesses
Where Baltic ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute20.2 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
Where Baltic ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,106 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Baltic
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Baltic home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,634, 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 Baltic's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Baltic
Baltic 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 Baltic.
Who works in Baltic, and how
Work in Baltic centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 29%
Life in Baltic
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Baltic.
What the weather is like in Baltic, month by month
Baltic sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Baltic
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Baltic
Schools across Baltic average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ragersville Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Flat Ridge Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Winesburg Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wise Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- West Holmes Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Ridgewood Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Hiland High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Garaway High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Ridgewood High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Baltic school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Baltic 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 Baltic against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Baltic
Is Baltic a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Baltic ranks 14,986th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and few empty homes, 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 Baltic expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $268,722. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $79,634 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Baltic safe?
Baltic is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $356 per resident a year.
Compare Baltic with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Baltic. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Baltic 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.
Baltic detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Baltic: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Baltic: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Baltic: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Baltic: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Baltic 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.