Best PlacesLocust Grove, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Locust Grove, 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.
Locust Grove ranks 1,329th 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 Locust Grove
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.
Locust Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Locust Grove ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Short commute17.7 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
Where Locust Grove ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 27% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 28% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 30% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Locust Grove
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Locust Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,273, 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 Locust Grove's effective rate of 1.02%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Locust Grove
Locust Grove runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Locust Grove.
Who works in Locust Grove, and how
Work in Locust Grove centers on retail trade and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Locust Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Locust Grove.
What the weather is like in Locust Grove, month by month
Locust Grove sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Locust Grove
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Locust Grove
Schools across Locust Grove average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Range Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Range Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top high schools
- South Range High SchoolA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Locust Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Locust Grove 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 Locust Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Locust Grove
Is Locust Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Locust Grove ranks 1,329th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and low disaster risk, and lowest on the weather and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Locust Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $222,300. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $107,273 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Locust Grove safe?
Yes, Locust Grove is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $226 per resident a year.
Compare Locust Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Locust Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Locust Grove 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.
Locust Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Locust Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Locust Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Locust Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Locust Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Locust Grove 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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