Best PlacesCongress, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Congress, 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.
Congress ranks 9,187th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Congress
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.
Congress' strengths and weaknesses
Where Congress ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Household income$94,651 median, better than 81% of towns
Where Congress ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Congress
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Congress home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,651, 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 Congress' effective rate of 1.00%, 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 Congress
Congress runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Congress.
Who works in Congress, and how
Work in Congress centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Congress
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Congress.
What the weather is like in Congress, month by month
Congress sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Congress
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Congress
Schools across Congress average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northwestern Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwestern High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Congress school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Congress 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 Congress against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Congress
Is Congress a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Congress ranks 9,187th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on walkability and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Congress expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $242,421. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $94,651 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Congress safe?
Yes, Congress is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $193 per resident a year.
Compare Congress with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Congress. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Congress 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.
Congress detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Congress: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Congress: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Congress: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Congress: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Congress 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.