Best PlacesGallia County, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Gallia County, 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.
Gallia County ranks 1,710th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Gallia County
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.
Gallia County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gallia County ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 77% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 73% of counties
Where Gallia County ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 17% of counties
- BikingBetter than only 18% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Gallia County
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gallia County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,472, 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 Gallia County's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Gallia County
Gallia County'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 Gallia County.
Who works in Gallia County, and how
Work in Gallia County centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Gallia County
Gallia County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Gallia County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Gallia County growing, and who is moving in?
Gallia County has lost about 5% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Mason County, WV.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Gallia County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Gallia County, month by month
Gallia County sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Gallia County
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 87 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gallia County
Schools across Gallia County average a B, better than 71% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Fairland West Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Green Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Addaville Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fairland Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- River Valley Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- South Gallia Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Gallia Academy High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Fairland High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Symmes Valley High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gallia County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gallia County 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 Gallia County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Gallia County suits
Common questions about living in Gallia County
Is Gallia County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gallia County ranks 1,710th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and low taxes, and lowest on internet speeds and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gallia County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,014. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $60,472 median income, cost of living beats 40% of counties.
Is Gallia County safe?
Yes, Gallia County is safer than 56% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $287 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Gallia County?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 22. That works out to about 61 pleasant days a year, more than 8% of counties.
Is Gallia County good for families?
Schools beat 71% of counties, crime safety beats 56%, and childcare runs $764 a month.
Compare Gallia County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gallia County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gallia County 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.
Gallia County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gallia County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gallia County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gallia County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gallia County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gallia County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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