Best PlacesElmville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Elmville, 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.
Elmville ranks 23,816th 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 Elmville
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.
Elmville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Elmville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 80% of towns
Where Elmville ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Elmville
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Elmville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,444, 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 Elmville's effective rate of 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Elmville
Elmville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Elmville.
Who works in Elmville, and how
Work in Elmville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Elmville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Elmville.
What the weather is like in Elmville, month by month
Elmville sees roughly 62 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 Elmville
The nearest airport, Rickenbacker International, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Elmville
Schools across Elmville average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bright Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hillsboro Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Whiteoak Junior High SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Hillsboro High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Whiteoak High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Elmville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Elmville 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 Elmville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Elmville
Is Elmville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Elmville ranks 23,816th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and good schools, and lowest on health outcomes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Elmville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,932. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $61,444 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Elmville safe?
Yes, Elmville is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $240 per resident a year.
Compare Elmville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Elmville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Elmville 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.
Elmville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Elmville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Elmville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Elmville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Elmville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Elmville 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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