Best PlacesBlue Ash, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Blue Ash, 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.
Blue Ash ranks 407th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Blue Ash
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.
Blue Ash's strengths and weaknesses
Where Blue Ash ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
Where Blue Ash ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Blue Ash
A household needs to earn about $109,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Blue Ash home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $116,888, 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 Blue Ash's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 Blue Ash
Blue Ash's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Blue Ash.
Who works in Blue Ash, and how
Work in Blue Ash centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Blue Ash
Blue Ash has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Blue Ash and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Blue Ash, month by month
Blue Ash sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, 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 | 44° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Blue Ash
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 20 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Blue Ash
Schools across Blue Ash average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Maple Dale Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Blue Ash ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
- Amity Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Indian Hill Middle SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Sycamore Junior High SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Edwin H Greene Intermediate Middle SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top high schools
- Indian Hill High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Sycamore High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Deer Park Jr/sr High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Blue Ash school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Blue Ash 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 Blue Ash against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Blue Ash
Is Blue Ash a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Blue Ash ranks 407th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, transit, and an educated workforce, 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 Blue Ash expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $397,276. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $116,888 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Blue Ash safe?
Yes, Blue Ash is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $246 per resident a year.
Compare Blue Ash with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Blue Ash. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Blue Ash 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.
Blue Ash detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Blue Ash: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Blue Ash: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Blue Ash: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Blue Ash: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Blue Ash 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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