Best PlacesChardon, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chardon, 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.
Chardon ranks 1,435th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chardon
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.
Chardon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chardon ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
Where Chardon ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chardon
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chardon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $112,357, 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 Chardon's effective rate of 1.40%, 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 Chardon
Chardon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chardon.
Who works in Chardon, and how
Work in Chardon centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Chardon
Chardon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 83% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Chardon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Chardon, month by month
Chardon sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Chardon
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 36 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 Chardon
Schools across Chardon average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Park Elementary SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- Kirtland Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chardon Middle SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- West Geauga Middle SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Kirtland Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
Top high schools
- Kirtland High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- West Geauga High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Istem Geauga Early College High SchoolA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chardon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chardon 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 Chardon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chardon
Is Chardon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chardon ranks 1,435th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low disaster risk, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chardon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $320,986. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $112,357 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Chardon safe?
Yes, Chardon is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $240 per resident a year.
Compare Chardon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chardon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chardon 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.
Chardon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chardon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chardon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chardon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chardon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chardon 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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