Best PlacesCoshocton, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coshocton, 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.
Coshocton ranks 28,379th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Coshocton
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.
Coshocton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coshocton ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute21.5 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of towns
Where Coshocton ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Household income$55,645 median, better than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coshocton
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coshocton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,645, 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 Coshocton'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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Coshocton
Coshocton's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Coshocton.
Who works in Coshocton, and how
Work in Coshocton centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Coshocton
Coshocton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of towns and more parkland per resident than 90% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Coshocton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Coshocton, month by month
Coshocton sees roughly 66 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.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Coshocton
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coshocton
Schools across Coshocton average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Larry Miller Intermediate Elementary SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Warsaw Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Killbuck Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Holmes Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- East Muskingum Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Ridgewood Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Ridgewood High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- John Glenn High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- West Holmes High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coshocton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coshocton 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coshocton
Is Coshocton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coshocton ranks 28,379th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, walkability, and biking, and lowest on health outcomes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coshocton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,165. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $55,645 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Coshocton safe?
Coshocton is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $343 per resident a year.
Compare Coshocton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coshocton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coshocton 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coshocton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coshocton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coshocton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coshocton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coshocton 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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