Best PlacesLeon, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leon, 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.
Leon ranks 26,346th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Leon
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.
Leon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leon ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 79% of towns
Where Leon ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leon
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,909, 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 Leon's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 Leon
Leon runs younger than the country, 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 Leon.
Who works in Leon, and how
Work in Leon centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Leon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Leon.
What the weather is like in Leon, month by month
Leon sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Leon
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Leon
Schools across Leon average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pymatuning Valley Primary Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Jefferson ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pymatuning Valley Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Jefferson Area Junior High SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson Area Sr High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Pymatuning Valley High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leon 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 Leon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leon
Is Leon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leon ranks 26,346th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and low disaster risk, and lowest on health outcomes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,597. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $81,909 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Leon safe?
Leon is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $402 per resident a year.
Compare Leon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leon 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.
Leon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leon 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.