Best PlacesBrunswick, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brunswick, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Brunswick ranks 555th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brunswick
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.
Brunswick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brunswick ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of cities
- School gradeA, better than 93% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of cities
Where Brunswick ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 18% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 18% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 29% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 71 pleasant days a year, better than only 29% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Brunswick
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brunswick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,688, 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 Brunswick's effective rate of 1.23%, 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 Brunswick
Brunswick runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brunswick.
Who works in Brunswick, and how
Work in Brunswick centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, 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 Brunswick
Brunswick has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Brunswick and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Brunswick, month by month
Brunswick sees roughly 71 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 Brunswick
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 Brunswick
Schools across Brunswick average an A, better than 93% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Hinckley Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Crestview Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Huntington Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Highland Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Brunswick Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Claggett Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
Top high schools
- Highland High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Medina High SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Brunswick High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brunswick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brunswick 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 Brunswick against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Brunswick suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Brunswick
Is Brunswick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brunswick ranks 555th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and few empty homes, and lowest on transit and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brunswick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $271,857. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $95,688 median income, cost of living beats 68% of cities.
Is Brunswick safe?
Yes, Brunswick is safer than 84% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Brunswick?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 23. That works out to about 71 pleasant days a year, more than 29% of cities.
Is Brunswick good for families?
Schools beat 93% of cities, crime safety beats 84%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Brunswick with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brunswick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brunswick 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.
Brunswick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brunswick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brunswick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brunswick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brunswick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brunswick 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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