Best PlacesEast Monroe, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Monroe, 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 Monroe ranks 12,174th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East Monroe
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 Monroe's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Monroe ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
Where East Monroe ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 29% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 30% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Monroe
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Monroe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,751, 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 Monroe's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 East Monroe
East Monroe runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Monroe.
Who works in East Monroe, and how
Work in East Monroe centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in East Monroe
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Monroe.
What the weather is like in East Monroe, month by month
East Monroe sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of East Monroe
The nearest airport, Rickenbacker International, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Monroe
Schools across East Monroe average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fairfield Local Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Miami Trace Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Greenfield Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Miami Trace Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Fairfield Local Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Greenfield Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Fairfield Local High SchoolA · 77% proficient
- Miami Trace High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Mcclain High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Monroe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Monroe 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 Monroe against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Monroe
Is East Monroe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Monroe ranks 12,174th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and civic engagement, and lowest on the weather and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Monroe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $183,409. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $80,751 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is East Monroe safe?
Yes, East Monroe is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $246 per resident a year.
Compare East Monroe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Monroe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Monroe 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 Monroe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Monroe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Monroe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Monroe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Monroe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Monroe 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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