Best PlacesLaings, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Laings, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Laings ranks 28,169th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Laings
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.
Laings' strengths and weaknesses
Where Laings ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Laings ranks low
- Short commute37.4 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Laings
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Laings home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,543, 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 Laings' effective rate of 0.75%, 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 Laings
Laings runs older than the country, 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 Laings.
Who works in Laings, and how
Work in Laings centers on manufacturing and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Laings
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Laings.
What the weather is like in Laings, month by month
Laings sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Laings
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Laings
Schools across Laings average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- River Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Woodsfield Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- River High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Monroe Central High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Laings school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Laings 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 Laings against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Laings
Is Laings a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Laings ranks 28,169th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a stable housing market, and tree cover, and lowest on long commutes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Laings expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,180. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $60,543 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Laings safe?
Yes, Laings is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $210 per resident a year.
Compare Laings with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Laings. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Laings 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.
Laings detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Laings: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Laings: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Laings: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Laings: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Laings 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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