Best PlacesHuber Heights, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Huber Heights, 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.
Huber Heights ranks 1,014th 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 Huber Heights
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.
Huber Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Huber Heights ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of cities
Where Huber Heights ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 27% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 29% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 29% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Huber Heights
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Huber Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,733, 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 Huber Heights' effective rate of 1.54%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Huber Heights
Huber Heights's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Huber Heights.
Who works in Huber Heights, and how
Work in Huber Heights centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Huber Heights
Huber Heights has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of cities and more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Huber Heights and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Huber Heights, month by month
Huber Heights sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 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 | 67° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Huber Heights
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Huber Heights
Schools across Huber Heights average a B−, better than 44% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Bethel Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Smith Middle SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Fairborn Intermediate SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bethel Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Morton Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Baker Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Bethel High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Butler High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Stivers School For The ArtsB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Huber Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Huber Heights 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 Huber Heights against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Huber Heights suits
Families
Schools land around the 44th percentile and crime safety beats 78%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Huber Heights
Is Huber Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Huber Heights ranks 1,014th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and cell coverage, 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 Huber Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,895. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $78,733 median income, cost of living beats 43% of cities.
Is Huber Heights safe?
Yes, Huber Heights is safer than 78% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $225 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Huber Heights?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 22. That works out to about 59 pleasant days a year, more than 6% of cities.
Is Huber Heights good for families?
Schools beat 44% of cities, crime safety beats 78%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Huber Heights with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Huber Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Huber Heights 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.
Huber Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Huber Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Huber Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Huber Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Huber Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Huber Heights 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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