Best PlacesCoal Grove, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coal Grove, 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.
Coal Grove ranks 36,819th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Coal Grove
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.
Coal Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coal Grove ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute19.5 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Coal Grove ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coal Grove
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coal Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,886, 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 Coal Grove's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 Coal Grove
Coal Grove's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Coal Grove.
Who works in Coal Grove, and how
Work in Coal Grove centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Coal Grove
Coal Grove has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Coal Grove and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Coal Grove, month by month
Coal Grove sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Coal Grove
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 104 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coal Grove
Schools across Coal Grove average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dawson-bryant Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dawson-bryant Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Dawson-bryant High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coal Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coal Grove 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 Coal Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coal Grove
Is Coal Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coal Grove ranks 36,819th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coal Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $96,709. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $62,886 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Coal Grove safe?
Coal Grove is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $337 per resident a year.
Compare Coal Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coal Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coal Grove 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.
Coal Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coal Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coal Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coal Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coal Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coal Grove 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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