Best PlacesBroadview Heights, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Broadview 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.
Broadview Heights ranks 2,064th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Broadview 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.
Broadview Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Broadview Heights ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
Where Broadview Heights ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 73 pleasant days a year, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Broadview Heights
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Broadview Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $108,580, 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 Broadview Heights' 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 Broadview Heights
Broadview Heights 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 Broadview Heights.
Who works in Broadview Heights, and how
Work in Broadview 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 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Broadview Heights
Broadview Heights has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Broadview Heights and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Broadview Heights, month by month
Broadview Heights sees roughly 73 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 Broadview Heights
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 11 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 Broadview Heights
Schools across Broadview Heights average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Independence Primary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- North Royalton Elementary SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Green Valley Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brecksville-broadview Heights Middle SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- North Royalton Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Hillside Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Brecksville-broadview Heights High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- North Royalton High SchoolA · 76% proficient
- Normandy High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Broadview Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Broadview 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 Broadview Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Broadview Heights suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 94% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 17% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Broadview Heights
Is Broadview Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Broadview Heights ranks 2,064th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, low disaster risk, and an educated workforce, 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 Broadview Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $326,670. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $108,580 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Broadview Heights safe?
Broadview Heights is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $270 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Broadview Heights?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 23. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 32% of towns.
Is Broadview Heights good for families?
Schools beat 94% of towns, crime safety beats 53%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Broadview Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Broadview Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Broadview 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.
Broadview Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Broadview Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Broadview Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Broadview Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Broadview Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Broadview 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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