Best PlacesCarthage, Cincinnati, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Carthage, Cincinnati, 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.
Carthage, Cincinnati ranks 5,460th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Carthage, Cincinnati
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.
Carthage, Cincinnati's strengths and weaknesses
Where Carthage, Cincinnati ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 73% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 65% of neighborhoods
Where Carthage, Cincinnati ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Carthage, Cincinnati
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Carthage, Cincinnati home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $50,811; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Carthage, Cincinnati's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Carthage, Cincinnati
Carthage, Cincinnati runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Carthage, Cincinnati.
Who works in Carthage, Cincinnati, and how
Work in Carthage, Cincinnati centers on admin & support services and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Carthage, Cincinnati
Carthage, Cincinnati has more parkland per resident than 91% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Carthage, Cincinnati and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Carthage, Cincinnati, month by month
Carthage, Cincinnati sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, 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 | 44° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Carthage, Cincinnati
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 14 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Carthage, Cincinnati
Schools across Carthage, Cincinnati average a D, better than 15% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Elmwood Place Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Academy Of World Languages SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- St Bernard-elmwood Place High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Hughes Stem High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Carthage, Cincinnati school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Carthage, Cincinnati 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 Carthage, Cincinnati against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Carthage, Cincinnati
Is Carthage, Cincinnati a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Carthage, Cincinnati ranks 5,460th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low property taxes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on a weak job market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Carthage, Cincinnati expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,621. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $50,811 median income, cost of living beats 23% of neighborhoods.
Is Carthage, Cincinnati safe?
Carthage, Cincinnati is safer than 8% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $800 per resident a year.
Compare Carthage, Cincinnati with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Carthage, Cincinnati. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Carthage, Cincinnati 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.
Carthage, Cincinnati detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Carthage, Cincinnati: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Carthage, Cincinnati: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Carthage, Cincinnati: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Carthage, Cincinnati: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Carthage, Cincinnati 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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