Best PlacesGreen, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Green, 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.
Green ranks 478th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Green
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.
Green's strengths and weaknesses
Where Green ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 99% of cities
- School gradeA+, better than 96% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of cities
Where Green ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 3% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 26% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 29% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 32% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Green
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Green home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,295, 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 Green's effective rate of 1.31%, 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 Green
Green runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Green.
Who works in Green, and how
Work in Green centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Green
Green has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of cities and more parkland per resident than 87% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Green and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Green, month by month
Green sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Green
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 37 miles away.
The best schools in and around Green
Schools across Green average an A+, better than 96% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Lake Cable Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Strausser Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Green Primary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top middle schools
- Green Intermediate Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Jackson Memorial Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Green Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top high schools
- Jackson High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Green High SchoolA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Green school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Green 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 Green against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Green suits
Common questions about living in Green
Is Green a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Green ranks 478th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and civic engagement, and lowest on walkability and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Green expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $289,937. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $98,295 median income, cost of living beats 69% of cities.
Is Green safe?
Yes, Green is safer than 77% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $212 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Green?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 21. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 32% of cities.
Is Green good for families?
Schools beat 96% of cities, crime safety beats 77%, and childcare runs $1,272 a month.
Compare Green with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Green. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Green 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.
Green detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Green: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Green: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Green: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Green: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Green 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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