Best PlacesCanal Fulton, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Canal Fulton, 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.
Canal Fulton ranks 3,287th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Canal Fulton
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.
Canal Fulton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Canal Fulton ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 83% of towns
Where Canal Fulton ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 26% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Canal Fulton
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Canal Fulton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,038, 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 Canal Fulton's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Canal Fulton
Canal Fulton 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 Canal Fulton.
Who works in Canal Fulton, and how
Work in Canal Fulton centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Canal Fulton
Canal Fulton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 65% of towns and more parkland per resident than 91% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Canal Fulton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Canal Fulton, month by month
Canal Fulton sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Canal Fulton
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 39 miles away.
The best schools in and around Canal Fulton
Schools across Canal Fulton average an A+, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sauder Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Strausser Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- W. S. Stinson Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tuslaw Middle SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Northwest Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Jackson Memorial Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top high schools
- Jackson High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Northwest High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Tuslaw High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Canal Fulton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Canal Fulton 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 Canal Fulton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Canal Fulton
Is Canal Fulton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Canal Fulton ranks 3,287th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and civic engagement, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Canal Fulton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,756. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $91,038 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Canal Fulton safe?
Yes, Canal Fulton is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $207 per resident a year.
Compare Canal Fulton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Canal Fulton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Canal Fulton 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.
Canal Fulton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Canal Fulton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Canal Fulton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Canal Fulton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Canal Fulton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Canal Fulton 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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