Best PlacesMaple Ridge, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maple Ridge, 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.
Maple Ridge ranks 20,398th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Maple Ridge
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.
Maple Ridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maple Ridge ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 73% of towns
Where Maple Ridge ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 25% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maple Ridge
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maple Ridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,135, 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 Maple Ridge's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Maple Ridge
Maple Ridge runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Maple Ridge.
Who works in Maple Ridge, and how
Work in Maple Ridge centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Maple Ridge
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Maple Ridge.
What the weather is like in Maple Ridge, month by month
Maple Ridge sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Maple Ridge
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Maple Ridge
Schools across Maple Ridge average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top middle schools
- West Branch Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- West Branch High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maple Ridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maple Ridge 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 Maple Ridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maple Ridge
Is Maple Ridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maple Ridge ranks 20,398th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on the weather and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maple Ridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,142. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $77,135 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Maple Ridge safe?
Maple Ridge is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $324 per resident a year.
Compare Maple Ridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maple Ridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maple Ridge 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.
Maple Ridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maple Ridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maple Ridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maple Ridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maple Ridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maple Ridge 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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