Best PlacesCorwin, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Corwin, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Corwin ranks 372nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Corwin
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.
Corwin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Corwin ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
Where Corwin ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 26% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Corwin
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Corwin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,000, 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 Corwin's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 Corwin
Corwin runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Corwin.
Who works in Corwin, and how
Work in Corwin centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Corwin
Corwin has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Corwin and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Corwin, month by month
Corwin sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, 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 | 41° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Corwin
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around Corwin
Schools across Corwin average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Waynesville Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Waynesville Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
Top high schools
- Waynesville High SchoolA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Corwin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Corwin 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 Corwin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Corwin
Is Corwin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Corwin ranks 372nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, few empty homes, and cell coverage, and lowest on the weather and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Corwin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $358,400. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $105,000 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Corwin safe?
Yes, Corwin is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $172 per resident a year.
Compare Corwin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Corwin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Corwin 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.
Corwin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Corwin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Corwin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Corwin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Corwin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Corwin 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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