Best PlacesBratenahl, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bratenahl, 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.
Bratenahl ranks 12,489th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bratenahl
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.
Bratenahl's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bratenahl ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$132,102 median, better than 95% of towns
Where Bratenahl ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bratenahl
A household needs to earn about $120,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bratenahl home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $132,102, 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 Bratenahl's effective rate of 1.99%, 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 Bratenahl
Bratenahl runs older than the country, 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 Bratenahl.
Who works in Bratenahl, and how
Work in Bratenahl centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bratenahl
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bratenahl.
What the weather is like in Bratenahl, month by month
Bratenahl sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 60° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 76° | 69° |
| October | 68° | 59° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Bratenahl
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 16 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 Bratenahl
Schools across Bratenahl average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Memorial SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Kenneth W ClementD− · 11% proficient
- Michael R. WhiteF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Shaw High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bratenahl school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bratenahl 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 Bratenahl against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bratenahl
Is Bratenahl a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bratenahl ranks 12,489th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, health care access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bratenahl expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $393,435. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $132,102 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Bratenahl safe?
Bratenahl is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $752 per resident a year.
Compare Bratenahl with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bratenahl. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bratenahl 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.
Bratenahl detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bratenahl: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bratenahl: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bratenahl: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bratenahl: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bratenahl 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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