Best PlacesClintonville, Columbus, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clintonville, Columbus, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Clintonville, Columbus ranks 1,066th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Clintonville, Columbus
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.
Clintonville, Columbus' strengths and weaknesses
Where Clintonville, Columbus ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Clintonville, Columbus ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 27% of neighborhoods
- School gradeC, better than only 37% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 39% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Clintonville, Columbus
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clintonville, Columbus home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $104,639; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Clintonville, Columbus' effective rate of 1.48%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Clintonville, Columbus
Clintonville, Columbus runs older 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 Clintonville, Columbus.
Who works in Clintonville, Columbus, and how
Work in Clintonville, Columbus centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Clintonville, Columbus
Clintonville, Columbus has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 82% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Clintonville, Columbus and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Clintonville, Columbus, month by month
Clintonville, Columbus sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Clintonville, Columbus
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 7 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Clintonville, Columbus
Schools across Clintonville, Columbus average a C, better than 37% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Clinton Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Indian Springs Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Indianola Informal K-8 SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dominion Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Columbus City Preparatory School For GirlsC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Whetstone High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Columbus North International School (7-12)D · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clintonville, Columbus school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clintonville, Columbus 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 Clintonville, Columbus against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Clintonville, Columbus suits
Families
Schools land around the 37th percentile and crime safety beats 60%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 87% of neighborhoods and 31% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Clintonville, Columbus
Is Clintonville, Columbus a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clintonville, Columbus ranks 1,066th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and a stable housing market, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clintonville, Columbus expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $379,162. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $104,639 median income, cost of living beats 87% of neighborhoods.
Is Clintonville, Columbus safe?
Yes, Clintonville, Columbus is safer than 60% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $364 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Clintonville, Columbus?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 22. That works out to about 56 pleasant days a year, more than 3% of neighborhoods.
Is Clintonville, Columbus good for families?
Schools beat 37% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 60%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Clintonville, Columbus with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clintonville, Columbus. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clintonville, Columbus 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.
Clintonville, Columbus detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clintonville, Columbus: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clintonville, Columbus: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clintonville, Columbus: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clintonville, Columbus: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clintonville, Columbus 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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