Best PlacesMayfield, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mayfield, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mayfield ranks 1,870th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mayfield
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.
Mayfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mayfield ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
Where Mayfield ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mayfield
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mayfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $124,936, 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 Mayfield's effective rate of 1.94%, 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 Mayfield
Mayfield runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mayfield.
Who works in Mayfield, and how
Work in Mayfield centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mayfield
Mayfield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Mayfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mayfield, month by month
Mayfield sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 59° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 82° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 64° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Mayfield
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 23 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Mayfield
Schools across Mayfield average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mayfield Center Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Gates Mills Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mayfield Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Mayfield High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mayfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mayfield 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 Mayfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mayfield
Is Mayfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mayfield ranks 1,870th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, what local pay buys, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mayfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $354,844. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $124,936 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Mayfield safe?
Mayfield is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $267 per resident a year.
Compare Mayfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mayfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mayfield 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.
Mayfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mayfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mayfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mayfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mayfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mayfield 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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