Best PlacesFairpoint, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fairpoint, 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.
Fairpoint ranks 21,942nd 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 Fairpoint
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.
Fairpoint's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fairpoint ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Fairpoint ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fairpoint
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fairpoint home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,110, 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 Fairpoint's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 Fairpoint
Fairpoint runs younger 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 Fairpoint.
Who works in Fairpoint, and how
Work in Fairpoint centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Fairpoint
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fairpoint.
What the weather is like in Fairpoint, month by month
Fairpoint sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Fairpoint
Pittsburgh International sits about 45 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Fairpoint
Schools across Fairpoint average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- St Clairsville Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
Top middle schools
- St Clairsville Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- St Clairsville High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fairpoint school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fairpoint 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 Fairpoint against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fairpoint
Is Fairpoint a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fairpoint ranks 21,942nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and heat safety, and lowest on health outcomes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fairpoint expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,473. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $56,110 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Fairpoint safe?
Fairpoint is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $253 per resident a year.
Compare Fairpoint with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fairpoint. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fairpoint 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.
Fairpoint detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fairpoint: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fairpoint: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fairpoint: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fairpoint: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fairpoint 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.