Best PlacesGanges, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ganges, 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.
Ganges ranks 20,927th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ganges
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.
Ganges' strengths and weaknesses
Where Ganges ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute18.4 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Ganges ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Household income$54,327 median, better than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ganges
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ganges home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,327, 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 Ganges' effective rate of 0.87%, 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 Ganges
Ganges runs older 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 Ganges.
Who works in Ganges, and how
Work in Ganges centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Ganges
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ganges.
What the weather is like in Ganges, month by month
Ganges sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Ganges
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 51 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ganges
Schools across Ganges average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crestview Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Shelby Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Shiloh Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Shelby Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Crestview Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Shiloh Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Shelby High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Plymouth High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Crestview High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ganges school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ganges 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 Ganges against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ganges
Is Ganges a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ganges ranks 20,927th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, short commutes, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ganges expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,855. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $54,327 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Ganges safe?
Ganges is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare Ganges with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ganges. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ganges 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.
Ganges detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ganges: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ganges: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ganges: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ganges: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ganges 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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