Best PlacesCenter Station, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Center Station, 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.
Center Station ranks 39,430th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Center Station
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.
Center Station's strengths and weaknesses
Where Center Station ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Center Station ranks low
- Household income$43,318 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Center Station
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Center Station home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,318, 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 Center Station's effective rate of 1.04%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Center Station
Center Station 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 Center Station.
Who works in Center Station, and how
Work in Center Station centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Center Station
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Center Station.
What the weather is like in Center Station, month by month
Center Station sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Center Station
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 91 miles away.
The best schools in and around Center Station
Schools across Center Station average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bloom-vernon Elementary SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Rock Hill Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rock Hill Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- South Webster Jr/sr High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Rock Hill Sr High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Center Station school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Center Station 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 Center Station against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Center Station
Is Center Station a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Center Station ranks 39,430th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, cheap car insurance, and a stable housing market, and lowest on low incomes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Center Station expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $141,549. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $43,318 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Center Station safe?
Center Station is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare Center Station with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Center Station. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Center Station 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.
Center Station detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Center Station: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Center Station: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Center Station: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Center Station: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Center Station 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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