Best PlacesBoardman, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boardman, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Boardman ranks 1,022nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Boardman
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.
The best areas in Boardman
The parts of Boardman, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Hitchcock Woods
Herron Heights
Boardman Park
Scores across Boardman run from about the 21st to the 87th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Boardman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boardman ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of cities
- School gradeA, better than 92% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 80% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 77% of cities
Where Boardman ranks low
- Household income$66,543 median, better than only 17% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 24% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 24% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 26% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Boardman
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boardman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,543, 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 Boardman's effective rate of 1.58%, 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 Boardman
Boardman'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 Boardman.
Who works in Boardman, and how
Work in Boardman centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Boardman
Boardman has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of cities and more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Boardman and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Boardman, month by month
Boardman sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Boardman
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 44 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boardman
Schools across Boardman average an A, better than 92% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- C H Campbell Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- West Boulevard Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Mckinley Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
Top middle schools
- Canfield Village Middle SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Boardman Center Intermediate SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Boardman Glenwood Junior HighA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Canfield High SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Poland Seminary High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Boardman High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boardman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boardman 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 Boardman against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Boardman suits
Common questions about living in Boardman
Is Boardman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boardman ranks 1,022nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on low incomes and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boardman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $168,491. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $66,543 median income, cost of living beats 30% of cities.
Is Boardman safe?
Boardman is safer than 24% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $364 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Boardman?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 20. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 26% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Boardman?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Hitchcock Woods, Herron Heights, and Boardman Park. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Boardman with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boardman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boardman 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.
Boardman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boardman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boardman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boardman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boardman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boardman 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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