Best PlacesCranberry Prairie, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cranberry Prairie, 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.
Cranberry Prairie ranks 561st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cranberry Prairie
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.
Cranberry Prairie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cranberry Prairie ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute15.7 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
Where Cranberry Prairie ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 26% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cranberry Prairie
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cranberry Prairie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $123,621, 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 Cranberry Prairie's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 Cranberry Prairie
Cranberry Prairie 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 Cranberry Prairie.
Who works in Cranberry Prairie, and how
Work in Cranberry Prairie centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, 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 Cranberry Prairie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cranberry Prairie.
What the weather is like in Cranberry Prairie, month by month
Cranberry Prairie sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Cranberry Prairie
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cranberry Prairie
Schools across Cranberry Prairie average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marion Local Elementary SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- St Henry Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- St Henry Middle SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Top high schools
- St Henry High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Marion Local High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cranberry Prairie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cranberry Prairie 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 Cranberry Prairie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cranberry Prairie
Is Cranberry Prairie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cranberry Prairie ranks 561st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, and lowest on tree cover and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cranberry Prairie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $349,088. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $123,621 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Cranberry Prairie safe?
Yes, Cranberry Prairie is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
Compare Cranberry Prairie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cranberry Prairie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cranberry Prairie 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.
Cranberry Prairie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cranberry Prairie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cranberry Prairie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cranberry Prairie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cranberry Prairie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cranberry Prairie 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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