Best PlacesBarberton, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Barberton, 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.
Barberton ranks 1,562nd 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 Barberton
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.
Barberton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Barberton ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of cities
- TransitBetter than 88% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 79% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of cities
Where Barberton ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of cities
- Household income$56,568 median, better than only 5% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 16% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Barberton
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Barberton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,568, 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 Barberton's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 Barberton
Barberton's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Barberton.
Who works in Barberton, and how
Work in Barberton centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Barberton
Barberton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Barberton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Barberton, month by month
Barberton sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Barberton
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 30 miles away.
The best schools in and around Barberton
Schools across Barberton average a B+, better than 71% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Sharon Elementary SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Arrowhead Primary Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Coventry Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northwest Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Highland Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Copley-fairlawn Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Highland High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Copley High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Northwest High SchoolA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Barberton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Barberton 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 Barberton against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Barberton suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Barberton
Is Barberton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Barberton ranks 1,562nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, transit, and fast internet, and lowest on health outcomes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Barberton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $139,242. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $56,568 median income, cost of living beats 9% of cities.
Is Barberton safe?
Barberton is safer than 13% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $433 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Barberton?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 22. That works out to about 101 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of cities.
Is Barberton good for families?
Schools beat 71% of cities, crime safety beats 13%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Barberton with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Barberton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Barberton 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.
Barberton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Barberton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Barberton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Barberton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Barberton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Barberton 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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