Best PlacesGratiot, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gratiot, 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.
Gratiot ranks 13,136th 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 Gratiot
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.
Gratiot's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gratiot ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 81% of towns
Where Gratiot ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- Short commute34.9 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 28% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gratiot
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gratiot home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,788, 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 Gratiot's 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gratiot
Gratiot runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gratiot.
Who works in Gratiot, and how
Work in Gratiot centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Gratiot
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gratiot.
What the weather is like in Gratiot, month by month
Gratiot sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Gratiot
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 36 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 Gratiot
Schools across Gratiot average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Muskingum Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Licking Valley Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Licking Valley Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- West Muskingum Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Licking Valley High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- West Muskingum High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gratiot school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gratiot 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 Gratiot against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gratiot
Is Gratiot a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gratiot ranks 13,136th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and civic engagement, and lowest on the weather and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gratiot expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $263,209. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $90,788 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Gratiot safe?
Gratiot is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $261 per resident a year.
Compare Gratiot with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gratiot. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gratiot 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.
Gratiot detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gratiot: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gratiot: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gratiot: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gratiot: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gratiot 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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