Best PlacesMadison Village, Lakewood, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Madison Village, Lakewood, 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.
Madison Village, Lakewood ranks 2,024th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Madison Village, Lakewood
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.
Madison Village, Lakewood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Madison Village, Lakewood ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
Where Madison Village, Lakewood ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 32% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 36% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 37% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Madison Village, Lakewood
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Madison Village, Lakewood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $72,376; 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 Madison Village, Lakewood's effective rate of 1.98%, 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 Madison Village, Lakewood
Madison Village, Lakewood runs younger 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 Madison Village, Lakewood.
Who works in Madison Village, Lakewood, and how
Work in Madison Village, Lakewood centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Madison Village, Lakewood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Madison Village, Lakewood.
What the weather is like in Madison Village, Lakewood, month by month
Madison Village, Lakewood sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Madison Village, Lakewood
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 6 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Madison Village, Lakewood
Schools across Madison Village, Lakewood average an A−, better than 88% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hayes Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Emerson Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harding Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Garfield Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Lakewood High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Madison Village, Lakewood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Madison Village, Lakewood 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 Madison Village, Lakewood against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Madison Village, Lakewood
Is Madison Village, Lakewood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Madison Village, Lakewood ranks 2,024th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on property taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Madison Village, Lakewood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,652. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $72,376 median income, cost of living beats 55% of neighborhoods.
Is Madison Village, Lakewood safe?
Madison Village, Lakewood is safer than 32% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $522 per resident a year.
Compare Madison Village, Lakewood with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Madison Village, Lakewood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Madison Village, Lakewood 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.
Madison Village, Lakewood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Madison Village, Lakewood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Madison Village, Lakewood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Madison Village, Lakewood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Madison Village, Lakewood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Madison Village, Lakewood 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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