Best PlacesCarbon Hill, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Carbon Hill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Carbon Hill ranks 43,934th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Carbon Hill
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.
Carbon Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Carbon Hill ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 70% of towns
Where Carbon Hill ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 13% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Carbon Hill
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Carbon Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,986, 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 Carbon Hill's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Carbon Hill
Carbon Hill 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 Carbon Hill.
Who works in Carbon Hill, and how
Work in Carbon Hill centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Carbon Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Carbon Hill.
What the weather is like in Carbon Hill, month by month
Carbon Hill sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Carbon Hill
The nearest airport, Rickenbacker International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 48 miles away.
The best schools in and around Carbon Hill
Schools across Carbon Hill average a C+, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nelsonville-york Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nelsonville-york Junior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Nelsonville-york High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Carbon Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Carbon Hill 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 Carbon Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Carbon Hill
Is Carbon Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Carbon Hill ranks 43,934th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, cheap car insurance, and low taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Carbon Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $118,400. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $52,986 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Carbon Hill safe?
Carbon Hill is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $441 per resident a year.
Compare Carbon Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Carbon Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Carbon Hill 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.
Carbon Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Carbon Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Carbon Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Carbon Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Carbon Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Carbon Hill 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.