Best PlacesFunk, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Funk, 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.
Funk ranks 2,757th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Funk
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.
Funk's strengths and weaknesses
Where Funk ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 92% of towns
Where Funk ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 29% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Funk
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Funk home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,834, 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 Funk's effective rate of 1.23%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Funk
Funk runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Funk.
Who works in Funk, and how
Work in Funk centers on manufacturing and other services. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Funk
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Funk.
What the weather is like in Funk, month by month
Funk sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Funk
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 48 miles away.
The best schools in and around Funk
Schools across Funk average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shreve Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Lakeville Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Hillsdale Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Triway Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Hillsdale Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Hillsdale High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Triway High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Funk school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Funk 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 Funk against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Funk
Is Funk a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Funk ranks 2,757th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and few empty homes, and lowest on internet speeds and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Funk expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $223,357. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $84,834 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Funk safe?
Yes, Funk is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $126 per resident a year.
Compare Funk with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Funk. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Funk 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.
Funk detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Funk: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Funk: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Funk: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Funk: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Funk 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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