Best PlacesMainsville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mainsville, 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.
Mainsville ranks 36,874th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mainsville
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.
Mainsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mainsville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 67% of towns
Where Mainsville ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$53,212 median, better than only 16% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 17% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- Short commute32.9 minutes each way, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mainsville
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mainsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,212, 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 Mainsville's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 Mainsville
Mainsville 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 Mainsville.
Who works in Mainsville, and how
Work in Mainsville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mainsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mainsville.
What the weather is like in Mainsville, month by month
Mainsville sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Mainsville
The nearest airport, Rickenbacker International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mainsville
Schools across Mainsville average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Lexington Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Lexington Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- New Lexington High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mainsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mainsville 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 Mainsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mainsville
Is Mainsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mainsville ranks 36,874th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and low taxes, and lowest on education levels and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mainsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $146,808. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $53,212 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Mainsville safe?
Mainsville is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $293 per resident a year.
Compare Mainsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mainsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mainsville 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.
Mainsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mainsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mainsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mainsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mainsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mainsville 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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