Best PlacesEast Canton, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Canton, 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.
East Canton ranks 10,916th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East Canton
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.
East Canton's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Canton ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
Where East Canton ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Canton
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Canton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,145, 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 East Canton's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Canton
East Canton runs older than the country, 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 East Canton.
Who works in East Canton, and how
Work in East Canton 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 1%
Life in East Canton
East Canton has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of East Canton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Canton, month by month
East Canton sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of East Canton
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Canton
Schools across East Canton average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Faircrest Memorial Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Canton Arts Academy @ SummitA− · 60% proficient
- East Canton Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Canton South Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- East Canton Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Steamm AcademyD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- East Canton High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Canton South High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Canton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Canton 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 East Canton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Canton
Is East Canton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Canton ranks 10,916th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, cell coverage, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Canton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,465. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $65,145 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is East Canton safe?
East Canton is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare East Canton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Canton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Canton 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.
East Canton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Canton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Canton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Canton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Canton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Canton 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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