Best PlacesHavana, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Havana, 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.
Havana ranks 9,242nd 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 Havana
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.
Havana's strengths and weaknesses
Where Havana ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$109,003 median, better than 89% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Havana ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Havana
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Havana home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $109,003, 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 Havana's effective rate of 0.99%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Havana
Havana runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Havana.
Who works in Havana, and how
Work in Havana centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Havana
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Havana.
What the weather is like in Havana, month by month
Havana sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Havana
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 50 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Havana
Schools across Havana average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Seneca East ElementaryA · 72% proficient
- Monroeville Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Willard Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seneca East Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Willard Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Seneca East High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Monroeville High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Willard High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Havana school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Havana 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 Havana against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Havana
Is Havana a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Havana ranks 9,242nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on the weather and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Havana expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,989. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $109,003 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Havana safe?
Havana is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $374 per resident a year.
Compare Havana with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Havana. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Havana 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.
Havana detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Havana: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Havana: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Havana: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Havana: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Havana 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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