Best PlacesBrecksville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brecksville, 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.
Brecksville ranks 626th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brecksville
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.
Brecksville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brecksville ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
Where Brecksville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 21% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brecksville
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brecksville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $139,706, 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 Brecksville's effective rate of 1.91%, 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 Brecksville
Brecksville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brecksville.
Who works in Brecksville, and how
Work in Brecksville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Brecksville
Brecksville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Brecksville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Brecksville, month by month
Brecksville sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, 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 | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Brecksville
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 13 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 Brecksville
Schools across Brecksville average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Independence Primary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Rushwood Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Northfield Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brecksville-broadview Heights Middle SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Revere Middle SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Nordonia Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top high schools
- Revere High SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Brecksville-broadview Heights High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Nordonia High SchoolA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brecksville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brecksville 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 Brecksville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brecksville
Is Brecksville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brecksville ranks 626th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, an educated workforce, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brecksville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $374,255. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $139,706 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Brecksville safe?
Yes, Brecksville is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $237 per resident a year.
Compare Brecksville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brecksville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brecksville 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.
Brecksville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brecksville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brecksville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brecksville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brecksville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brecksville 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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