Best PlacesBerlin Heights, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Berlin Heights, 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.
Berlin Heights ranks 12,464th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Berlin Heights
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.
Berlin Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Berlin Heights ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
Where Berlin Heights ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$968 a month, better than only 27% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 36% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 75 pleasant days a year, better than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Berlin Heights
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Berlin Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,632, 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 Berlin Heights' effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Berlin Heights
Berlin Heights 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 Berlin Heights.
Who works in Berlin Heights, and how
Work in Berlin Heights centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, 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 Berlin Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Berlin Heights.
What the weather is like in Berlin Heights, month by month
Berlin Heights sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Berlin Heights
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 33 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 Berlin Heights
Schools across Berlin Heights average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Firelands Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Edison Elementary School (formerly Milan Elem)A · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Edison Middle School (formerly Berlin-milan Middle School)A+ · 73% proficient
- Firelands Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Mccormick Junior HighA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Edison High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Firelands High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Oberlin High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Berlin Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Berlin Heights 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 Berlin Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Berlin Heights
Is Berlin Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Berlin Heights ranks 12,464th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and health care access, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Berlin Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,755. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $78,632 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Berlin Heights safe?
Berlin Heights is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $304 per resident a year.
Compare Berlin Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Berlin Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Berlin Heights 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.
Berlin Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Berlin Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Berlin Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Berlin Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Berlin Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Berlin Heights 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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