Best PlacesDuncan Falls, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Duncan 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.
Duncan Falls ranks 8,433rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Duncan 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.
Duncan Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Duncan Falls ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
- Household income$96,285 median, better than 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
Where Duncan Falls ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 31% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Short commute29.6 minutes each way, better than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Duncan Falls
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Duncan Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,285, 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 Duncan Falls' effective rate of 0.79%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Duncan Falls
Duncan Falls runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Duncan Falls.
Who works in Duncan Falls, and how
Work in Duncan Falls centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Duncan Falls
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Duncan Falls.
What the weather is like in Duncan Falls, month by month
Duncan Falls sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Duncan Falls
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Duncan Falls
Schools across Duncan Falls average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Duncan Falls Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Philo Junior High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Philo High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Duncan Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Duncan 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 Duncan Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Duncan Falls
Is Duncan Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Duncan Falls ranks 8,433rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, walkability, and what local pay buys, 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 Duncan Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,951. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $96,285 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Duncan Falls safe?
Duncan Falls is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $338 per resident a year.
Compare Duncan Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Duncan Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Duncan 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.
Duncan Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Duncan Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Duncan Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Duncan Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Duncan Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Duncan 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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