Best PlacesDublin, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dublin, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Dublin ranks 139th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dublin
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 Dublin
The parts of Dublin, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Northwest
Perimeter Center
Tuttle West & Tuttle
Dublin High Street Historic District
Shannon Heights
Scores across Dublin run from about the 40th to the 99th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Dublin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dublin ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of cities
- School gradeA−, better than 92% of cities
Where Dublin ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 31% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 34% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 36% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Dublin
A household needs to earn about $138,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dublin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $137,274; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Dublin's effective rate of 1.71%, 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 Dublin
Dublin's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dublin.
Who works in Dublin, and how
Work in Dublin centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Dublin
Dublin has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Dublin and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dublin, month by month
Dublin sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, 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 | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Dublin
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 15 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 Dublin
Schools across Dublin average an A−, better than 92% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Scioto Ridge Elementary SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
- Mary Emma Bailey Elementary SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Wyandot Elementary SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hyatts Middle SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Phoenix Middle SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Willard Grizzell Middle SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Top high schools
- Dublin Jerome High SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Olentangy Liberty High SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Jonathan Alder High SchoolA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dublin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dublin 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 Dublin against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Dublin suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 96% of cities and 28% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Dublin
Is Dublin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dublin ranks 139th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on what local pay buys, an educated workforce, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dublin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $468,390. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $137,274 median income, cost of living beats 96% of cities.
Is Dublin safe?
Dublin is safer than 50% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $277 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Dublin?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 22. That works out to about 57 pleasant days a year, more than 4% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Dublin?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Northwest, Perimeter Center, and Tuttle West & Tuttle. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Dublin with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dublin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dublin 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.
Dublin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dublin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dublin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dublin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dublin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dublin 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.