Best PlacesBoston Heights, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boston Heights, 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.
Boston Heights ranks 2,696th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Boston Heights
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.
Boston Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Boston Heights ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
Where Boston Heights ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boston Heights
A household needs to earn about $122,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boston Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $113,727; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Boston Heights' effective rate of 1.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Boston Heights
Boston Heights runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boston Heights.
Who works in Boston Heights, and how
Work in Boston Heights centers on health care & social and manufacturing. 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 Boston Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Boston Heights.
What the weather is like in Boston Heights, month by month
Boston Heights sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Boston Heights
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 21 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Boston Heights
Schools across Boston Heights average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northfield Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Woodridge Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hudson Middle SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Nordonia Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Woodridge Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Hudson High SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Nordonia High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Woodridge High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boston Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boston Heights 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 Boston Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boston Heights
Is Boston Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boston Heights ranks 2,696th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, good schools, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boston Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $426,812. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $113,727 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Boston Heights safe?
Boston Heights is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $264 per resident a year.
Compare Boston Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boston Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boston Heights 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.
Boston Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boston Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boston Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boston Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boston Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boston Heights 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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