Best PlacesHooven, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hooven, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hooven ranks 42,364th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hooven
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.
Hooven's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hooven ranks high
- Short commute16.0 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 80% of towns
Where Hooven ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 51 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$39,312 median, better than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hooven
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hooven home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $39,312, 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 Hooven'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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hooven
Hooven runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hooven.
Who works in Hooven, and how
Work in Hooven centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hooven
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hooven.
What the weather is like in Hooven, month by month
Hooven sees roughly 51 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Hooven
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 11 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 Hooven
Schools across Hooven average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Miami Whitewater Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Three Rivers ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harrison Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Taylor High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hooven school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hooven 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 Hooven against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hooven
Is Hooven a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hooven ranks 42,364th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, cheap car insurance, and cell coverage, and lowest on the weather and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hooven expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $92,032. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $39,312 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Hooven safe?
Hooven is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $404 per resident a year.
Compare Hooven with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hooven. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hooven 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.
Hooven detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hooven: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hooven: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hooven: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hooven: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hooven 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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