Best PlacesBooth, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Booth, 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.
Booth ranks 33,717th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Booth
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.
Booth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Booth ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 76% of towns
Where Booth ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 20% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Booth
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Booth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,253, 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 Booth's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 Booth
Booth'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 Booth.
Who works in Booth, and how
Work in Booth centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Booth
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Booth.
What the weather is like in Booth, month by month
Booth sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Booth
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Booth
Schools across Booth average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Port Washington Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- West Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Buckeye Trail ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tuscarawas Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Buckeye Trail Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Newcomerstown Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Indian Valley High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Buckeye Trail High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Newcomerstown High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Booth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Booth 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 Booth against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Booth
Is Booth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Booth ranks 33,717th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, tree cover, and low disaster risk, and lowest on a weak job market and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Booth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,207. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $58,253 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Booth safe?
Booth is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $298 per resident a year.
Compare Booth with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Booth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Booth 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.
Booth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Booth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Booth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Booth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Booth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Booth 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.