Best PlacesBelle Valley, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Belle Valley, 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.
Belle Valley ranks 27,324th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Belle Valley
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.
Belle Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Belle Valley ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute20.2 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
Where Belle Valley ranks low
- Household income$43,750 median, better than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Belle Valley
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Belle Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $43,750; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Belle Valley's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Belle Valley
Belle Valley runs older 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 Belle Valley.
Who works in Belle Valley, and how
Work in Belle Valley centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Belle Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Belle Valley.
What the weather is like in Belle Valley, month by month
Belle Valley sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Belle Valley
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Belle Valley
Schools across Belle Valley average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Shenandoah High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Belle Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Belle Valley 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 Belle Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Belle Valley
Is Belle Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Belle Valley ranks 27,324th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cheap car insurance, and few empty homes, and lowest on low incomes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Belle Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $176,400. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $43,750 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Belle Valley safe?
Yes, Belle Valley is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $223 per resident a year.
Compare Belle Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Belle Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Belle Valley 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.
Belle Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Belle Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Belle Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Belle Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Belle Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Belle Valley 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.