Best PlacesHageman, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hageman, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hageman ranks 162nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hageman
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.
Hageman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hageman ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$184,762 median, better than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
Where Hageman ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hageman
A household needs to earn about $157,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hageman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $184,762, 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 Hageman's effective rate of 1.22%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hageman
Hageman runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hageman.
Who works in Hageman, and how
Work in Hageman centers on finance & insurance and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Hageman
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hageman.
What the weather is like in Hageman, month by month
Hageman sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Hageman
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 32 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hageman
Schools across Hageman average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Lebanon Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mason Middle SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Kings Junior High SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Lebanon Junior HighA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- William Mason High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Kings High SchoolA · 76% proficient
- Lebanon High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hageman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hageman 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 Hageman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hageman
Is Hageman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hageman ranks 162nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and few empty homes, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hageman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $568,852. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $184,762 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Hageman safe?
Yes, Hageman is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $188 per resident a year.
Compare Hageman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hageman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hageman 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.
Hageman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hageman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hageman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hageman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hageman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hageman 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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