Best PlacesCrestline, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crestline, 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.
Crestline ranks 29,311th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Crestline
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.
Crestline's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crestline ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Crestline ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crestline
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crestline home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,733, 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 Crestline's effective rate of 1.15%, 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 Crestline
Crestline'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 Crestline.
Who works in Crestline, and how
Work in Crestline centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Crestline
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Crestline.
What the weather is like in Crestline, month by month
Crestline sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Crestline
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 56 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Crestline
Schools across Crestline average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buckeye Central Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Stingel Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Hannah Crawford Elementary School Grades 3 -5A · 64% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buckeye Central Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Ontario Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- William Crawford Intermediate SchoolsA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Col Crawford High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Buckeye Central High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Ontario High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crestline school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crestline 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 Crestline against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crestline
Is Crestline a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crestline ranks 29,311th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, cheap car insurance, and fast internet, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crestline expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,631. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $59,733 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Crestline safe?
Crestline is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $353 per resident a year.
Compare Crestline with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crestline. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crestline 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.
Crestline detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crestline: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crestline: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crestline: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crestline: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crestline 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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