Best PlacesBig Rock, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Big Rock, 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.
Big Rock ranks 39,889th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Big Rock
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.
Big Rock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Big Rock ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 72% of towns
Where Big Rock ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of towns
- Household income$50,869 median, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Big Rock
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Big Rock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,869, 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 Big Rock's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Big Rock
Big Rock'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 Big Rock.
Who works in Big Rock, and how
Work in Big Rock centers on manufacturing and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Big Rock
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Big Rock.
What the weather is like in Big Rock, month by month
Big Rock sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Big Rock
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 67 miles away.
The best schools in and around Big Rock
Schools across Big Rock average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eastern Intermediate Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eastern Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Eastern High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Big Rock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Big Rock 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 Big Rock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Big Rock
Is Big Rock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Big Rock ranks 39,889th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and tree cover, and lowest on health outcomes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Big Rock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,840. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $50,869 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Big Rock safe?
Big Rock is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $356 per resident a year.
Compare Big Rock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Big Rock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Big Rock 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.
Big Rock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Big Rock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Big Rock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Big Rock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Big Rock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Big Rock 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.