Best PlacesChauncey, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chauncey, 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.
Chauncey ranks 31,916th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chauncey
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.
Chauncey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chauncey ranks high
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of towns
Where Chauncey ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Household income$48,800 median, better than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chauncey
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chauncey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,800, 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 Chauncey's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Chauncey
Chauncey runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Chauncey.
Who works in Chauncey, and how
Work in Chauncey centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Chauncey
Chauncey has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Chauncey and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Chauncey, month by month
Chauncey sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Chauncey
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chauncey
Schools across Chauncey average a B, better than 74% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Athens Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- The Plains Intermediate SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Athens High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chauncey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chauncey 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 Chauncey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chauncey
Is Chauncey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chauncey ranks 31,916th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, a strong job market, and transit, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chauncey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $88,300. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $48,800 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Chauncey safe?
Chauncey is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
Compare Chauncey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chauncey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chauncey 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.
Chauncey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chauncey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chauncey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chauncey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chauncey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chauncey 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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