Best PlacesCollege Hill, Cincinnati, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around College Hill, Cincinnati, 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.
College Hill, Cincinnati ranks 4,601st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in College Hill, Cincinnati
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.
College Hill, Cincinnati's strengths and weaknesses
Where College Hill, Cincinnati ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 66% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 66% of neighborhoods
Where College Hill, Cincinnati ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD, better than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in College Hill, Cincinnati
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median College Hill, Cincinnati home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,686, 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 College Hill, Cincinnati's effective rate of 1.44%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in College Hill, Cincinnati
College Hill, Cincinnati 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 College Hill, Cincinnati.
Who works in College Hill, Cincinnati, and how
Work in College Hill, Cincinnati centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in College Hill, Cincinnati
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across College Hill, Cincinnati.
What the weather is like in College Hill, Cincinnati, month by month
College Hill, Cincinnati sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of College Hill, Cincinnati
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 12 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 College Hill, Cincinnati
Schools across College Hill, Cincinnati average a D, better than 15% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Academy Of World Languages SchoolD · 18% proficient
- North College Hill Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
- College Hill Fundamental AcademyD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- North College Hill Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Finneytown Secondary CampusC · 34% proficient
- North College Hill High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Hughes Stem High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every College Hill, Cincinnati school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
College Hill, Cincinnati 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 College Hill, Cincinnati against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in College Hill, Cincinnati
Is College Hill, Cincinnati a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, College Hill, Cincinnati ranks 4,601st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, quiet, and tree cover, and lowest on a weak job market and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is College Hill, Cincinnati expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $187,929. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $59,686 median income, cost of living beats 40% of neighborhoods.
Is College Hill, Cincinnati safe?
College Hill, Cincinnati is safer than 34% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $518 per resident a year.
Compare College Hill, Cincinnati with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to College Hill, Cincinnati. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in College Hill, Cincinnati 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.
College Hill, Cincinnati detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for College Hill, Cincinnati: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in College Hill, Cincinnati: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of College Hill, Cincinnati: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in College Hill, Cincinnati: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
College Hill, Cincinnati 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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