Best PlacesGermano, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Germano, 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.
Germano ranks 28,740th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Germano
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.
Germano's strengths and weaknesses
Where Germano ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 75% of towns
Where Germano ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Germano
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Germano home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,764, 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 Germano's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Germano
Germano 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 Germano.
Who works in Germano, and how
Work in Germano centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Germano
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Germano.
What the weather is like in Germano, month by month
Germano sees roughly 77 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 Germano
Pittsburgh International sits about 38 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 Germano
Schools across Germano average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- John E Gregg Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Edison Jr. High SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Carrollton High School-carrollton Middle SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Edison High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Harrison Central Jr./sr. High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Germano school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Germano 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 Germano against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Germano
Is Germano a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Germano ranks 28,740th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and a stable housing market, and lowest on biking and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Germano expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $144,010. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $62,764 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Germano safe?
Germano is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $317 per resident a year.
Compare Germano with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Germano. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Germano 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.
Germano detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Germano: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Germano: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Germano: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Germano: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Germano 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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