Best PlacesCrayon, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crayon, 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.
Crayon ranks 14,199th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Crayon
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.
Crayon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crayon ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Crayon ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crayon
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crayon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,602, 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 Crayon's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Crayon
Crayon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crayon.
Who works in Crayon, and how
Work in Crayon centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Crayon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Crayon.
What the weather is like in Crayon, month by month
Crayon sees roughly 89 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 | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Crayon
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Crayon
Schools across Crayon average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Liberty-salem Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Graham Elementary SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Graham Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Graham High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crayon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crayon 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 Crayon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crayon
Is Crayon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crayon ranks 14,199th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and health care access, and lowest on biking and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crayon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,361. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $85,602 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Crayon safe?
Crayon is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $352 per resident a year.
Compare Crayon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crayon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crayon 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.
Crayon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crayon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crayon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crayon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crayon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crayon 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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