Best PlacesGreenfield, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greenfield, 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.
Greenfield ranks 18,359th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Greenfield
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.
Greenfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greenfield ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 85% of towns
Where Greenfield ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 22% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 24% of towns
- Household income$61,381 median, better than only 30% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Greenfield
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greenfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,381, 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 Greenfield's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 Greenfield
Greenfield runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Greenfield.
Who works in Greenfield, and how
Work in Greenfield centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Greenfield
Greenfield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Greenfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Greenfield, month by month
Greenfield sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Greenfield
The nearest airport, Rickenbacker International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Greenfield
Schools across Greenfield average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fairfield Local Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Miami Trace Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Greenfield Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hillsboro Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Miami Trace Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Fairfield Local Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Fairfield Local High SchoolA · 77% proficient
- Hillsboro High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Miami Trace High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greenfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greenfield 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 Greenfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Greenfield
Is Greenfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greenfield ranks 18,359th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cheap car insurance, and cell coverage, and lowest on the weather and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Greenfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $134,680. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $61,381 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Greenfield safe?
Greenfield is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $355 per resident a year.
Compare Greenfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greenfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greenfield 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.
Greenfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greenfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greenfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greenfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greenfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greenfield 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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