Best PlacesLockville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lockville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lockville ranks 2,054th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lockville
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.
Lockville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lockville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
Where Lockville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lockville
A household needs to earn about $118,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lockville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $114,840; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Lockville's effective rate of 1.40%, 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 Lockville
Lockville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lockville.
Who works in Lockville, and how
Work in Lockville centers on health care & social and wholesale trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lockville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lockville.
What the weather is like in Lockville, month by month
Lockville sees roughly 69 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 Lockville
The nearest airport, Rickenbacker International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 14 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lockville
Schools across Lockville average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sycamore Creek Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Liberty Union Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bloom-carroll Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Liberty Union Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Pickerington High School CentralA− · 67% proficient
- Bloom-carroll High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Liberty Union High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lockville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lockville 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 Lockville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lockville
Is Lockville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lockville ranks 2,054th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, what local pay buys, and a strong job market, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lockville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $417,787. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $114,840 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Lockville safe?
Yes, Lockville is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $207 per resident a year.
Compare Lockville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lockville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lockville 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.
Lockville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lockville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lockville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lockville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lockville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lockville 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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