Best PlacesLaurelville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Laurelville, 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.
Laurelville ranks 20,996th 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 Laurelville
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.
Laurelville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Laurelville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
Where Laurelville ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 22% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Laurelville
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Laurelville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,575, 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 Laurelville's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Laurelville
Laurelville 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 Laurelville.
Who works in Laurelville, and how
Work in Laurelville centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Laurelville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Laurelville.
What the weather is like in Laurelville, month by month
Laurelville sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Laurelville
The nearest airport, Rickenbacker International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 37 miles away.
The best schools in and around Laurelville
Schools across Laurelville average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Zane Trace Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Hocking Hills Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Pickaway Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Salt Creek Intermediate SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Southeastern Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Zane Trace Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Logan Elm High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Logan High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Zane Trace High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Laurelville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Laurelville 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 Laurelville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Laurelville
Is Laurelville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Laurelville ranks 20,996th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and walkability, and lowest on a weak job market and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Laurelville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $221,341. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $69,575 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Laurelville safe?
Laurelville is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $282 per resident a year.
Compare Laurelville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Laurelville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Laurelville 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.
Laurelville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Laurelville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Laurelville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Laurelville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Laurelville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Laurelville 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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