Best PlacesEllerton, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ellerton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ellerton ranks 25,028th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ellerton
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.
Ellerton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ellerton ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$96,089 median, better than 82% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
Where Ellerton ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ellerton
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ellerton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,089, 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 Ellerton's effective rate of 1.49%, 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 Ellerton
Ellerton 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 Ellerton.
Who works in Ellerton, and how
Work in Ellerton centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ellerton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ellerton.
What the weather is like in Ellerton, month by month
Ellerton sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Ellerton
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 47 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ellerton
Schools across Ellerton average a C, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valley View Primary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Bear Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Blairwood Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Valley View Junior High SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Miamisburg Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley View High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Miamisburg High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Jefferson Jr./sr. High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ellerton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ellerton 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 Ellerton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ellerton
Is Ellerton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ellerton ranks 25,028th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, cell coverage, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ellerton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,054. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $96,089 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Ellerton safe?
Ellerton is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
Compare Ellerton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ellerton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ellerton 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.
Ellerton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ellerton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ellerton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ellerton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ellerton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ellerton 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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