Best PlacesLake Buckhorn, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Buckhorn, 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.
Lake Buckhorn ranks 18,217th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lake Buckhorn
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.
Lake Buckhorn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Buckhorn ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 116 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of towns
Where Lake Buckhorn ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Buckhorn
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Buckhorn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,650, 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 Lake Buckhorn's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 Lake Buckhorn
Lake Buckhorn runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lake Buckhorn.
Who works in Lake Buckhorn, and how
Work in Lake Buckhorn centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Lake Buckhorn
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lake Buckhorn.
What the weather is like in Lake Buckhorn, month by month
Lake Buckhorn sees roughly 116 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 Lake Buckhorn
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lake Buckhorn
Schools across Lake Buckhorn average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Millersburg Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Killbuck Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Holmes Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- West Holmes High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Buckhorn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Buckhorn 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 Lake Buckhorn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Buckhorn
Is Lake Buckhorn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Buckhorn ranks 18,217th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and good schools, and lowest on a weak job market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Buckhorn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $261,600. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $78,650 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Lake Buckhorn safe?
Lake Buckhorn is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Buckhorn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Buckhorn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Buckhorn 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.
Lake Buckhorn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Buckhorn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Buckhorn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Buckhorn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Buckhorn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Buckhorn 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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