Best PlacesLittle Hocking, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Little Hocking, 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.
Little Hocking ranks 14,466th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Little Hocking
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.
Little Hocking's strengths and weaknesses
Where Little Hocking ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Little Hocking ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 35% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 42% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 44% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Little Hocking
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Little Hocking home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,786, 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 Little Hocking's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Little Hocking
Little Hocking's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Little Hocking.
Who works in Little Hocking, and how
Work in Little Hocking centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Little Hocking
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Little Hocking.
What the weather is like in Little Hocking, month by month
Little Hocking sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Little Hocking
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Little Hocking
Schools across Little Hocking average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Warren Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Blennerhassett Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Belpre Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Warren Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Blennerhassett Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Federal Hocking Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Warren High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Belpre High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Federal Hocking High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Little Hocking school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Little Hocking 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 Little Hocking against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Little Hocking
Is Little Hocking a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Little Hocking ranks 14,466th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, civic engagement, and health care access, and lowest on the weather and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Little Hocking expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,384. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $79,786 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Little Hocking safe?
Yes, Little Hocking is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Little Hocking with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Little Hocking. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Little Hocking 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.
Little Hocking detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Little Hocking: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Little Hocking: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Little Hocking: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Little Hocking: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Little Hocking 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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