Best PlacesGahanna, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gahanna, 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.
Gahanna ranks 350th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Gahanna
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.
Gahanna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gahanna ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of cities
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of cities
Where Gahanna ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 26% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 33% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 34% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Gahanna
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gahanna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $112,724, 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 Gahanna's effective rate of 1.73%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gahanna
Gahanna'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 Gahanna.
Who works in Gahanna, and how
Work in Gahanna centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Gahanna
Gahanna has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of cities and more parkland per resident than 97% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Gahanna and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gahanna, month by month
Gahanna sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 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° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Gahanna
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 3 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Gahanna
Schools across Gahanna average an A−, better than 88% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- High Point Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Blacklick Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Chapelfield Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Albany Intermediate SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- New Albany Middle SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Gahanna East Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- New Albany High SchoolA · 78% proficient
- Lincoln High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Columbus North International School (7-12)D · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gahanna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gahanna 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 Gahanna against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Gahanna suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 87% of cities and 25% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Gahanna
Is Gahanna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gahanna ranks 350th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cheap car insurance, and civic engagement, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gahanna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $345,349. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $112,724 median income, cost of living beats 87% of cities.
Is Gahanna safe?
Gahanna is safer than 36% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $334 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Gahanna?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 23. That works out to about 58 pleasant days a year, more than 5% of cities.
Is Gahanna good for families?
Schools beat 88% of cities, crime safety beats 36%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Gahanna with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gahanna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gahanna 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.
Gahanna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gahanna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gahanna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gahanna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gahanna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gahanna 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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