Best PlacesHopedale, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hopedale, 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.
Hopedale ranks 34,170th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hopedale
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.
Hopedale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hopedale ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of towns
Where Hopedale ranks low
- Household income$47,164 median, better than only 9% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hopedale
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hopedale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,164, 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 Hopedale's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Hopedale
Hopedale runs older 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 Hopedale.
Who works in Hopedale, and how
Work in Hopedale centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hopedale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hopedale.
What the weather is like in Hopedale, month by month
Hopedale sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Hopedale
Pittsburgh International sits about 37 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hopedale
Schools across Hopedale average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- John E Gregg Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Buckeye West Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Harrison Central Elementary SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Edison Jr. High SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Indian Creek High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Edison High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Harrison Central Jr./sr. High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hopedale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hopedale 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 Hopedale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hopedale
Is Hopedale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hopedale ranks 34,170th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, walkability, and low disaster risk, and lowest on low incomes and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hopedale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $105,178. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $47,164 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Hopedale safe?
Hopedale is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $342 per resident a year.
Compare Hopedale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hopedale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hopedale 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.
Hopedale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hopedale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hopedale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hopedale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hopedale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hopedale 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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