Best PlacesHamilton Meadows, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hamilton Meadows, 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.
Hamilton Meadows ranks 24,839th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hamilton Meadows
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.
Hamilton Meadows' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hamilton Meadows ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Hamilton Meadows ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hamilton Meadows
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hamilton Meadows home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $61,126; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Hamilton Meadows' effective rate of 1.16%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hamilton Meadows
Hamilton Meadows runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hamilton Meadows.
Who works in Hamilton Meadows, and how
Work in Hamilton Meadows centers on hospitality & food and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Hamilton Meadows
Hamilton Meadows has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Hamilton Meadows and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hamilton Meadows, month by month
Hamilton Meadows sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 64° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Hamilton Meadows
The nearest airport, Rickenbacker International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 11 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hamilton Meadows
Schools across Hamilton Meadows average a B−, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buckeye Woods Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Monterey Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jackson Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Hamilton Intermediate SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Park Street Intermediate SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Grove City High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Hamilton Township High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Franklin Heights High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hamilton Meadows school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hamilton Meadows 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 Hamilton Meadows against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hamilton Meadows
Is Hamilton Meadows a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hamilton Meadows ranks 24,839th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cell coverage, and transit, 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 Hamilton Meadows expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $226,467. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $61,126 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Hamilton Meadows safe?
Hamilton Meadows is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $370 per resident a year.
Compare Hamilton Meadows with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hamilton Meadows. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hamilton Meadows 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.
Hamilton Meadows detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hamilton Meadows: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hamilton Meadows: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hamilton Meadows: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hamilton Meadows: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hamilton Meadows 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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