Best PlacesEllsberry, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ellsberry, 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.
Ellsberry ranks 37,551st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ellsberry
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.
Ellsberry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ellsberry ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 71% of towns
- QuietBetter than 61% of towns
Where Ellsberry ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Short commute34.5 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ellsberry
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ellsberry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,797, 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 Ellsberry's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ellsberry
Ellsberry'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 Ellsberry.
Who works in Ellsberry, and how
Work in Ellsberry centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ellsberry
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ellsberry.
What the weather is like in Ellsberry, month by month
Ellsberry sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Ellsberry
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 57 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ellsberry
Schools across Ellsberry average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Manchester Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Ripley-union-lewis-huntington High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Manchester High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ellsberry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ellsberry 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 Ellsberry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ellsberry
Is Ellsberry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ellsberry ranks 37,551st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on health outcomes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ellsberry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,627. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $61,797 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Ellsberry safe?
Ellsberry is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $329 per resident a year.
Compare Ellsberry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ellsberry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ellsberry 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.
Ellsberry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ellsberry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ellsberry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ellsberry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ellsberry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ellsberry 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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