Best PlacesHilliard, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hilliard, 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.
Hilliard ranks 180th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hilliard
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.
The best areas in Hilliard
The parts of Hilliard, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Tuttle West
Dexter Falls
Mill Run
West Columbus Interim
Scores across Hilliard run from about the 59th to the 100th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Hilliard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hilliard ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of cities
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of cities
Where Hilliard ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 27% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 32% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 34% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Hilliard
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hilliard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $122,054, 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 Hilliard's effective rate of 1.71%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hilliard
Hilliard runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hilliard.
Who works in Hilliard, and how
Work in Hilliard centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hilliard
Hilliard has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 95% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hilliard and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hilliard, month by month
Hilliard sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Hilliard
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 14 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hilliard
Schools across Hilliard average an A−, better than 87% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Hoffman Trails Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Washington Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Griffith Thomas Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- John Sells Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Hilliard Weaver Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Dublin Coffman High SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Hilliard Davidson High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Hilliard Bradley High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hilliard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hilliard 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 Hilliard against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Hilliard suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 90% of cities and 21% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Hilliard
Is Hilliard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hilliard ranks 180th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and heat safety, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hilliard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $351,535. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $122,054 median income, cost of living beats 90% of cities.
Is Hilliard safe?
Yes, Hilliard is safer than 78% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $217 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hilliard?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 22. That works out to about 60 pleasant days a year, more than 7% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Hilliard?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Tuttle West, Dexter Falls, and Mill Run. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Hilliard with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hilliard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hilliard 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.
Hilliard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hilliard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hilliard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hilliard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hilliard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hilliard 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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