Best PlacesLakeland Beach, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lakeland Beach, 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.
Lakeland Beach ranks 23,542nd 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 Lakeland Beach
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.
Lakeland Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lakeland Beach ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 114 pleasant days a year, better than 77% of towns
Where Lakeland Beach ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,234 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 27% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lakeland Beach
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lakeland Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,949, 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 Lakeland Beach's effective rate of 0.96%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lakeland Beach
Lakeland Beach's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Lakeland Beach.
Who works in Lakeland Beach, and how
Work in Lakeland Beach centers on manufacturing and real estate. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Lakeland Beach
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lakeland Beach.
What the weather is like in Lakeland Beach, month by month
Lakeland Beach sees roughly 114 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 Lakeland Beach
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lakeland Beach
Schools across Lakeland Beach average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lakeville Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% 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 Lakeland Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lakeland Beach 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 Lakeland Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lakeland Beach
Is Lakeland Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lakeland Beach ranks 23,542nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on education levels and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lakeland Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,141. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $65,949 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Lakeland Beach safe?
Lakeland Beach is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $283 per resident a year.
Compare Lakeland Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lakeland Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lakeland Beach 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.
Lakeland Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lakeland Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lakeland Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lakeland Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lakeland Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lakeland Beach 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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