Best PlacesKidron, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kidron, 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.
Kidron ranks 8,353rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kidron
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.
Kidron's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kidron ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Short commute16.9 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 87% of towns
Where Kidron ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 22% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kidron
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kidron home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,374, 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 Kidron'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 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 Kidron
Kidron runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kidron.
Who works in Kidron, and how
Work in Kidron centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Kidron
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kidron.
What the weather is like in Kidron, month by month
Kidron sees roughly 113 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Kidron
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 47 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kidron
Schools across Kidron average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dalton Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Mount Eaton Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dalton Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- John R Lea Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Dalton High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Waynedale High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kidron school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kidron 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 Kidron against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kidron
Is Kidron a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kidron ranks 8,353rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kidron expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,239. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $80,374 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Kidron safe?
Kidron is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $294 per resident a year.
Compare Kidron with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kidron. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kidron 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.
Kidron detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kidron: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kidron: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kidron: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kidron: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kidron 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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