Best PlacesLake Waynoka, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Waynoka, 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.
Lake Waynoka ranks 12,104th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lake Waynoka
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 Waynoka's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Waynoka ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
Where Lake Waynoka ranks low
- Short commute40.6 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Waynoka
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Waynoka home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,181, 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 Waynoka's effective rate of 0.77%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lake Waynoka
Lake Waynoka 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 Lake Waynoka.
Who works in Lake Waynoka, and how
Work in Lake Waynoka centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lake Waynoka
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lake Waynoka.
What the weather is like in Lake Waynoka, month by month
Lake Waynoka sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 27° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 46° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Lake Waynoka
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 48 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 Lake Waynoka
Schools across Lake Waynoka average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sardinia Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eastern MsA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Eastern High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Waynoka school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Waynoka 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 Waynoka against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Waynoka
Is Lake Waynoka a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Waynoka ranks 12,104th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, cheap car insurance, and a strong job market, and lowest on long commutes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Waynoka expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $212,200. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $86,181 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Lake Waynoka safe?
Yes, Lake Waynoka is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $171 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Waynoka with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Waynoka. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Waynoka 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 Waynoka detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Waynoka: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Waynoka: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Waynoka: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Waynoka: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Waynoka 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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