Best PlacesLong Bottom, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Long Bottom, 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.
Long Bottom ranks 26,011th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Long Bottom
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.
Long Bottom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Long Bottom ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Long Bottom ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Long Bottom
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Long Bottom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,117, 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 Long Bottom's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Long Bottom
Long Bottom runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Long Bottom.
Who works in Long Bottom, and how
Work in Long Bottom centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Long Bottom
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Long Bottom.
What the weather is like in Long Bottom, month by month
Long Bottom sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Long Bottom
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Long Bottom
Schools across Long Bottom average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eastern Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Southern Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Southern High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Eastern High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Long Bottom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Long Bottom 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 Long Bottom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Long Bottom
Is Long Bottom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Long Bottom ranks 26,011th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, cheap car insurance, and low taxes, and lowest on a weak job market and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Long Bottom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,031. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $67,117 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Long Bottom safe?
Long Bottom is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $270 per resident a year.
Compare Long Bottom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Long Bottom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Long Bottom 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.
Long Bottom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Long Bottom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Long Bottom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Long Bottom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Long Bottom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Long Bottom 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.