Best PlacesIndian Hill, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Indian Hill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Indian Hill ranks 74th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Indian Hill
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.
Indian Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Indian Hill ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$203,201 median, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
Where Indian Hill ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Indian Hill
A household needs to earn about $288,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Indian Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $203,201, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Indian Hill's effective rate of 1.22%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Indian Hill
Indian Hill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Indian Hill.
Who works in Indian Hill, and how
Work in Indian Hill centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Indian Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Indian Hill.
What the weather is like in Indian Hill, month by month
Indian Hill sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Indian Hill
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 20 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 Indian Hill
Schools across Indian Hill average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Madeira Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Indian Hill Elementary SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
Top middle schools
- Indian Hill Middle SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Sycamore Junior High SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Madeira Middle SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top high schools
- Madeira High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Indian Hill High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Sycamore High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Indian Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Indian Hill 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 Indian Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Indian Hill
Is Indian Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Indian Hill ranks 74th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on childcare costs and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Indian Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,040,553. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $203,201 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Indian Hill safe?
Yes, Indian Hill is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
Compare Indian Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Indian Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Indian Hill 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.
Indian Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Indian Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Indian Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Indian Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Indian Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Indian Hill 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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