Best PlacesCheviot, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cheviot, 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.
Cheviot ranks 27,446th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cheviot
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.
Cheviot's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cheviot ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
Where Cheviot ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cheviot
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cheviot home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,963, 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 Cheviot's effective rate of 1.56%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cheviot
Cheviot runs younger 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 Cheviot.
Who works in Cheviot, and how
Work in Cheviot centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Cheviot
Cheviot has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Cheviot and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cheviot, month by month
Cheviot sees roughly 52 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Cheviot
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 8 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Cheviot
Schools across Cheviot average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Cheviot SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Academy Of World Languages SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bridgetown Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
Top high schools
- Oak Hills High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Hughes Stem High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cheviot school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cheviot 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 Cheviot against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cheviot
Is Cheviot a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cheviot ranks 27,446th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and biking, and lowest on the weather and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cheviot expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,359. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $60,963 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Cheviot safe?
Cheviot is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $531 per resident a year.
Compare Cheviot with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cheviot. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cheviot 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.
Cheviot detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cheviot: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cheviot: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cheviot: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cheviot: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cheviot 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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