Best PlacesHustead, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hustead, 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.
Hustead ranks 15,244th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hustead
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.
Hustead's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hustead ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
Where Hustead ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hustead
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hustead home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,056, 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 Hustead's effective rate of 1.29%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hustead
Hustead's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hustead.
Who works in Hustead, and how
Work in Hustead centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hustead
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hustead.
What the weather is like in Hustead, month by month
Hustead sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Hustead
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hustead
Schools across Hustead average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mills Lawn Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Greenon Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greenon Jr. High SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Yellow Springs/mckinney High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Greenon High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hustead school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hustead 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 Hustead against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hustead
Is Hustead a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hustead ranks 15,244th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, civic engagement, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hustead expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $217,511. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $73,056 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Hustead safe?
Yes, Hustead is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
Compare Hustead with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hustead. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hustead 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.
Hustead detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hustead: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hustead: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hustead: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hustead: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hustead 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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