Best PlacesLore City, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lore City, 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.
Lore City ranks 31,152nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lore City
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.
Lore City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lore City ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 73% of towns
Where Lore City ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lore City
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lore City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,101, 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 Lore City's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Lore City
Lore City runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lore City.
Who works in Lore City, and how
Work in Lore City centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lore City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lore City.
What the weather is like in Lore City, month by month
Lore City sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Lore City
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lore City
Schools across Lore City average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buckeye Trail ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buckeye Trail Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Meadowbrook Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Buckeye Trail High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Meadowbrook High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lore City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lore City 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 Lore City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lore City
Is Lore City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lore City ranks 31,152nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, fast internet, and low disaster risk, and lowest on a weak job market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lore City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $175,799. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $62,101 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Lore City safe?
Lore City is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Lore City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lore City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lore City 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.
Lore City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lore City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lore City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lore City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lore City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lore City 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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