Best PlacesCenter Street Historic District, Ashland, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Center Street Historic District, Ashland, 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 Street Historic District, Ashland ranks 3,046th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Center Street Historic District, Ashland
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 Street Historic District, Ashland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Center Street Historic District, Ashland ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA, better than 96% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$764 a month, better than 92% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Short commute17.9 minutes each way, better than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Center Street Historic District, Ashland ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Center Street Historic District, Ashland
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Center Street Historic District, Ashland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,901, 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 Street Historic District, Ashland's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Center Street Historic District, Ashland
Center Street Historic District, Ashland runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Center Street Historic District, Ashland.
Who works in Center Street Historic District, Ashland, and how
Work in Center Street Historic District, Ashland centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Center Street Historic District, Ashland
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Center Street Historic District, Ashland.
What the weather is like in Center Street Historic District, Ashland, month by month
Center Street Historic District, Ashland sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Center Street Historic District, Ashland
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 45 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 Center Street Historic District, Ashland
Schools across Center Street Historic District, Ashland average an A, better than 96% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Taft Intermediate SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Reagan Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ashland Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Ashland High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Center Street Historic District, Ashland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Center Street Historic District, Ashland 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 Street Historic District, Ashland against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Center Street Historic District, Ashland
Is Center Street Historic District, Ashland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Center Street Historic District, Ashland ranks 3,046th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and affordable childcare, 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 Center Street Historic District, Ashland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,968. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $56,901 median income, cost of living beats 43% of neighborhoods.
Is Center Street Historic District, Ashland safe?
Center Street Historic District, Ashland is safer than 44% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $451 per resident a year.
Compare Center Street Historic District, Ashland with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Center Street Historic District, Ashland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Center Street Historic District, Ashland 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 Street Historic District, Ashland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Center Street Historic District, Ashland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Center Street Historic District, Ashland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Center Street Historic District, Ashland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Center Street Historic District, Ashland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Center Street Historic District, Ashland 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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