Best PlacesCoshocton County, OH Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in Coshocton County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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Coshocton County ranks 1,698th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in Coshocton County

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Coshocton County area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

The best areas in Coshocton County

The parts of Coshocton County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.

#1

West Lafayette

Fewer homes sit empty, more adults hold degrees, and commutes are shorter.

WorseBetter
48th nationally
#2

Warsaw

Tree cover is thicker and it is quieter.

WorseBetter
46th nationally
#3

Fresno

More households have young kids, though streets are more car-dependent.

WorseBetter
38th nationally
#4

Coshocton

Local pay stretches less far and crime runs higher.

WorseBetter
26th nationally

Scores across Coshocton County run from about the 11th to the 76th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.


Coshocton County's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%Cheap car insurance
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Coshocton County with other counties.

Where Coshocton County ranks high

  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of counties
  • School gradeB+, better than 84% of counties
  • Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of counties
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 76% of counties
  • Big-city accessBetter than 74% of counties

Where Coshocton County ranks low

  • Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of counties
  • Internet speedBetter than only 13% of counties
  • Health outlookBetter than only 16% of counties
  • Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of counties
  • Local economyBetter than only 20% of counties

What it costs to buy a home in Coshocton County

A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coshocton County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,296, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$41,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$959
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $154,981 home
Median rent
$812
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$790
Property tax$117
Homeowners insurance$52

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 Coshocton County's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Coshocton County

Coshocton County's age mix sits close to the national median.

Median age
42
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
21%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.5
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1823%
18 to 3419%
35 to 4918%
50 to 6419%
65 and older21%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Coshocton County.


Who works in Coshocton County, and how

Work in Coshocton County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
9%
below the national average
Unemployment
5.0%
about the national average
Job growth
−0.9%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Manufacturing24%
Health care & social12%
Retail trade12%
Construction7%
Education7%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 84%
  • Work from home 9%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 7%

Life in Coshocton County

Coshocton County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Coshocton County and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
112
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 30.6 per 10,000 residents, more than 14% of counties
Coffee shops
6
about 1.6 per 10,000 residents, more than 6% of counties
Parkland
175 acres
about 4.8 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 55% of counties

Is Coshocton County growing, and who is moving in?

Coshocton County has grown about 1% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Columbus, OH.

Population growth
+1%
over the decade, vs about 6% nationally
Population
37,003
up from 36,531
Population by year. Source: U.S. Census Population Estimates Program.

Where new residents come from

Columbus, OH487 / yr
Muskingum County, OH321 / yr
Tuscarawas County, OH222 / yr
Columbiana County, OH162 / yr
Holmes County, OH138 / yr

Where people leaving Coshocton County go

Tuscarawas County, OH313 / yr
Columbus, OH197 / yr
Muskingum County, OH82 / yr
Holmes County, OH74 / yr
Athens County, OH71 / yr

Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.


What the weather is like in Coshocton County, month by month

Coshocton County sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
Show the monthly temperatures
MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January41°31°23°
April67°53°41°
July87°75°64°
October70°56°44°

Flying in and out of Coshocton County

The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 58 miles away.

Nearest airport
CAK
Akron-Canton Regional, about 48 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
146th-busiest in the US, 32 nonstop destinations
Average drive
69 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Coshocton County

Schools across Coshocton County average a B+, better than 84% of counties.

Top elementary schools

Top middle schools

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coshocton County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


Coshocton County 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 Coshocton County against the other 3,143 counties.


Who Coshocton County suits

Families

Schools beat 84% of counties.

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Remote workers

9% already work from home.

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Retirees

It is quieter than 57%.

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Common questions about living in Coshocton County

Is Coshocton County a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coshocton County ranks 1,698th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and low disaster risk, and lowest on education levels and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Coshocton County expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $154,981. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $58,296 median income, cost of living beats 35% of counties.

Is Coshocton County safe?

Coshocton County is safer than 47% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $302 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in Coshocton County?

July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 23. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 19% of counties.

What are the best neighborhoods in Coshocton County?

Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are West Lafayette, Warsaw, and Fresno. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.


Compare Coshocton County with other counties


Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coshocton County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coshocton County 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.

Coshocton County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Coshocton County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Coshocton County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Coshocton County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Coshocton County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Coshocton County detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
  3. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  4. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  5. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  6. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  7. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  8. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  9. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  10. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  11. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  12. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  13. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.