Best PlacesBexley, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bexley, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bexley ranks 178th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bexley
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.
Bexley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bexley ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
Where Bexley ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bexley
A household needs to earn about $163,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bexley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $152,006; 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 Bexley's effective rate of 1.48%, 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 Bexley
Bexley's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bexley.
Who works in Bexley, and how
Work in Bexley centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Bexley
Bexley has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Bexley and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bexley, month by month
Bexley sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Bexley
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 3 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bexley
Schools across Bexley average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Montrose Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Maryland Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Cassingham Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bexley Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Columbus City Preparatory School For GirlsC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Bexley High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Columbus North International School (7-12)D · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bexley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bexley 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 Bexley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bexley
Is Bexley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bexley ranks 178th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, what local pay buys, and an educated workforce, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bexley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $569,349. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $152,006 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Bexley safe?
Bexley is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $454 per resident a year.
Compare Bexley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bexley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bexley 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.
Bexley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bexley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bexley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bexley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bexley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bexley 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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