Best PlacesMassillon, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Massillon, 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.
Massillon ranks 935th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Massillon
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.
Massillon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Massillon ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 99% of cities
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of cities
- Short commute21.6 minutes each way, better than 79% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 76% of cities
Where Massillon ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 28% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Massillon
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Massillon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,923, 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 Massillon's effective rate of 1.29%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Massillon
Massillon 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 Massillon.
Who works in Massillon, and how
Work in Massillon centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Massillon
Massillon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of cities and more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Massillon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Massillon, month by month
Massillon 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 Massillon
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 45 miles away.
The best schools in and around Massillon
Schools across Massillon average an A−, better than 87% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Sauder Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Strausser Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Whipple Heights Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tuslaw Middle SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Jackson Memorial Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Pfeiffer Intermediate SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Jackson High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Tuslaw High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Perry High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Massillon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Massillon 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 Massillon against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Massillon suits
Common questions about living in Massillon
Is Massillon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Massillon ranks 935th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and a stable housing market, and lowest on internet speeds and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Massillon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,705. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $77,923 median income, cost of living beats 51% of cities.
Is Massillon safe?
Massillon is safer than 40% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $315 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Massillon?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 21. That works out to about 62 pleasant days a year, more than 12% of cities.
Is Massillon good for families?
Schools beat 87% of cities, crime safety beats 40%, and childcare runs $959 a month.
Compare Massillon with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Massillon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Massillon 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.
Massillon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Massillon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Massillon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Massillon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Massillon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Massillon 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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