Best PlacesChagrin Falls, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chagrin Falls, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Chagrin Falls ranks 345th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chagrin Falls
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.
Chagrin Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Chagrin Falls ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
Where Chagrin Falls ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 23% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 28% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chagrin Falls
A household needs to earn about $131,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chagrin Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $146,269, 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 Chagrin Falls' effective rate of 1.73%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Chagrin Falls
Chagrin Falls runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chagrin Falls.
Who works in Chagrin Falls, and how
Work in Chagrin Falls centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Chagrin Falls
Chagrin Falls has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Chagrin Falls and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Chagrin Falls, month by month
Chagrin Falls sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Chagrin Falls
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 27 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 Chagrin Falls
Schools across Chagrin Falls average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gurney Elementary SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Kenston Intermediate SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Timmons Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chagrin Falls Intermediate Elementary SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Kenston Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Chagrin Falls Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
Top high schools
- Kenston High SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Chagrin Falls High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- West Geauga High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chagrin Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chagrin Falls 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 Chagrin Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Chagrin Falls suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 28% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 60% of towns and health care access beats 99%.
Common questions about living in Chagrin Falls
Is Chagrin Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chagrin Falls ranks 345th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, health care access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chagrin Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $444,813. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $146,269 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Chagrin Falls safe?
Chagrin Falls is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $286 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Chagrin Falls?
July highs average about 83 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 22. That works out to about 91 pleasant days a year, more than 60% of towns.
Is Chagrin Falls good for families?
Schools beat 99% of towns, crime safety beats 48%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Chagrin Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chagrin Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chagrin Falls 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.
Chagrin Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chagrin Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chagrin Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chagrin Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chagrin Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chagrin Falls 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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