Best PlacesBeloit, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beloit, 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.
Beloit ranks 18,823rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Beloit
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.
Beloit's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beloit ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
Where Beloit ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 26% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 28% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 28% of towns
- Household income$61,109 median, better than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beloit
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beloit home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,109, 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 Beloit's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 Beloit
Beloit runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Beloit.
Who works in Beloit, and how
Work in Beloit centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Beloit
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Beloit.
What the weather is like in Beloit, month by month
Beloit sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Beloit
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 49 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beloit
Schools across Beloit average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Branch Intermediate SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- B L Miller Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Branch Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- West Branch High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beloit school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beloit 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 Beloit against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beloit
Is Beloit a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beloit ranks 18,823rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and low disaster risk, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beloit expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,485. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $61,109 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Beloit safe?
Beloit is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
Compare Beloit with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beloit. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beloit 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.
Beloit detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beloit: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beloit: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beloit: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beloit: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beloit 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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