Best PlacesBlack Lick, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Black Lick, 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.
Black Lick ranks 385th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Black Lick
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.
Black Lick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Black Lick ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 94% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of cities
Where Black Lick ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 28% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 34% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 38% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Black Lick
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Black Lick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $106,914, 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 Black Lick's effective rate of 1.52%, 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 Black Lick
Black Lick runs younger 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 Black Lick.
Who works in Black Lick, and how
Work in Black Lick centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Black Lick
Black Lick has more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Black Lick and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Black Lick, month by month
Black Lick sees roughly 61 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 Black Lick
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 5 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 Black Lick
Schools across Black Lick average a B, better than 66% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- High Point Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Blacklick Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gahanna East Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Gahanna South Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Waggoner Road Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Licking Heights High SchoolB · 50% 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 Black Lick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Black Lick 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 Black Lick against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Black Lick suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 82% of cities and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Black Lick
Is Black Lick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Black Lick ranks 385th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low disaster risk, a strong job market, and few empty homes, 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 Black Lick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $351,299. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $106,914 median income, cost of living beats 82% of cities.
Is Black Lick safe?
Yes, Black Lick is safer than 71% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $236 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Black Lick?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 23. That works out to about 61 pleasant days a year, more than 10% of cities.
Is Black Lick good for families?
Schools beat 66% of cities, crime safety beats 71%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Black Lick with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Black Lick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Black Lick 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.
Black Lick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Black Lick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Black Lick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Black Lick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Black Lick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Black Lick 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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