Best PlacesMantua Center, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mantua Center, 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.
Mantua Center ranks 5,291st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mantua Center
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.
Mantua Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mantua Center ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 126 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Mantua Center ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 42% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mantua Center
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mantua Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,280, 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 Mantua Center's effective rate of 0.70%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mantua Center
Mantua Center runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mantua Center.
Who works in Mantua Center, and how
Work in Mantua Center centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Mantua Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mantua Center.
What the weather is like in Mantua Center, month by month
Mantua Center sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Mantua Center
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 32 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mantua Center
Schools across Mantua Center average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Crestwood Intermediate SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Crestwood High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mantua Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mantua Center 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 Mantua Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mantua Center
Is Mantua Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mantua Center ranks 5,291st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and the weather, and lowest on childcare costs and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mantua Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $258,324. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $88,280 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Mantua Center safe?
Yes, Mantua Center is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $210 per resident a year.
Compare Mantua Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mantua Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mantua Center 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.
Mantua Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mantua Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mantua Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mantua Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mantua Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mantua Center 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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