Best PlacesMcIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville, 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.
McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville ranks 4,707th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville
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.
McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$764 a month, better than 92% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 64% of neighborhoods
- Short commute22.4 minutes each way, better than 64% of neighborhoods
Where McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,362, 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 McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville
McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville runs younger 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 McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville.
Who works in McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville, and how
Work in McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville
McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville, month by month
McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 47 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville
Schools across McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville average a C+, better than 48% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- West Muskingum Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- John Mcintire Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- National RoadC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Muskingum Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
- Zanesville Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- West Muskingum High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Zanesville High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville 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 McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville
Is McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville ranks 4,707th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, affordable childcare, and low disaster risk, and lowest on internet speeds and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,689. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $51,362 median income, cost of living beats 27% of neighborhoods.
Is McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville safe?
McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville is safer than 49% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $416 per resident a year.
Compare McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville 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.
McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville 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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