Best PlacesKirkpatrick, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kirkpatrick, 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.
Kirkpatrick ranks 18,469th 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 Kirkpatrick
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.
Kirkpatrick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kirkpatrick ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute18.6 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
- Household income$95,640 median, better than 82% of towns
Where Kirkpatrick ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,140 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kirkpatrick
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kirkpatrick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,640, 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 Kirkpatrick's effective rate of 1.17%, 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 Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick'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 Kirkpatrick.
Who works in Kirkpatrick, and how
Work in Kirkpatrick centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Kirkpatrick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kirkpatrick.
What the weather is like in Kirkpatrick, month by month
Kirkpatrick sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Kirkpatrick
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 49 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Kirkpatrick
Schools across Kirkpatrick average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Liberty Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Wynford Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Ridgedale Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- William Crawford Intermediate SchoolsA · 67% proficient
- Wynford Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
- River Valley Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Col Crawford High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Wynford High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- River Valley High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kirkpatrick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kirkpatrick 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 Kirkpatrick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kirkpatrick
Is Kirkpatrick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kirkpatrick ranks 18,469th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, short commutes, and good schools, and lowest on noise and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kirkpatrick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $279,800. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $95,640 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Kirkpatrick safe?
Kirkpatrick is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $351 per resident a year.
Compare Kirkpatrick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kirkpatrick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kirkpatrick 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.
Kirkpatrick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kirkpatrick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kirkpatrick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kirkpatrick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kirkpatrick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kirkpatrick 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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