Best PlacesMaineville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maineville, 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.
Maineville ranks 198th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Maineville
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.
Maineville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maineville ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of cities
- School gradeA+, better than 96% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of cities
Where Maineville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 23% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 26% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Maineville
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maineville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $117,656, 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 Maineville's effective rate of 1.35%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Maineville
Maineville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Maineville.
Who works in Maineville, and how
Work in Maineville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Maineville
Maineville has more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Maineville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Maineville, month by month
Maineville sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, 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 | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Maineville
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 30 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Maineville
Schools across Maineville average an A+, better than 96% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- J F Burns Elementary SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Kings Mills Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- South Lebanon Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kings Junior High SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Little Miami Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
Top high schools
- Kings High SchoolA · 76% proficient
- Little Miami High SchoolA · 71% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maineville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maineville 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 Maineville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Maineville suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 86% of cities and 21% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Maineville
Is Maineville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maineville ranks 198th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on health care access, good schools, and civic engagement, and lowest on the weather and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maineville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $340,466. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $117,656 median income, cost of living beats 86% of cities.
Is Maineville safe?
Yes, Maineville is safer than 80% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $199 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Maineville?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 23. That works out to about 62 pleasant days a year, more than 11% of cities.
Is Maineville good for families?
Schools beat 96% of cities, crime safety beats 80%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Maineville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maineville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maineville 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.
Maineville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maineville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maineville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maineville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maineville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maineville 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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