Best PlacesCuyahoga Falls, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cuyahoga Falls, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cuyahoga Falls ranks 771st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cuyahoga Falls
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 Cuyahoga Falls
The parts of Cuyahoga Falls, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Merriman Valley
West Village
North Village
Gorge Terrace
East Village
Scores across Cuyahoga Falls run from about the 26th to the 97th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Cuyahoga Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cuyahoga Falls ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of cities
- TransitBetter than 83% of cities
- Short commute21.7 minutes each way, better than 79% of cities
Where Cuyahoga Falls ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of cities
- Household income$77,256 median, better than only 32% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 33% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 34% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 36% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Cuyahoga Falls
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cuyahoga Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,256, 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 Cuyahoga Falls' effective rate of 1.52%, 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 Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga Falls'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 Cuyahoga Falls.
Who works in Cuyahoga Falls, and how
Work in Cuyahoga Falls centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga Falls has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities and more parkland per resident than 96% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cuyahoga Falls and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cuyahoga Falls, month by month
Cuyahoga Falls sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Cuyahoga Falls
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 26 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cuyahoga Falls
Schools across Cuyahoga Falls average a B+, better than 71% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Gordon Dewitt Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Silver Lake Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Richardson Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Revere Middle SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Kimpton Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Roberts Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Revere High SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Woodridge High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Cuyahoga Falls High SchoolB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cuyahoga Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cuyahoga Falls 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 Cuyahoga Falls against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Cuyahoga Falls suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 62% of cities, health care access beats 71%, and it is quieter than 61%.
Common questions about living in Cuyahoga Falls
Is Cuyahoga Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cuyahoga Falls ranks 771st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and a stable housing market, and lowest on property taxes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cuyahoga Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $205,919. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $77,256 median income, cost of living beats 44% of cities.
Is Cuyahoga Falls safe?
Cuyahoga Falls is safer than 36% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $323 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Cuyahoga Falls?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 22. That works out to about 102 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Cuyahoga Falls?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Merriman Valley, West Village, and North Village. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Cuyahoga Falls with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cuyahoga Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cuyahoga Falls 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.
Cuyahoga Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cuyahoga Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cuyahoga Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cuyahoga Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cuyahoga Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cuyahoga Falls 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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