Best PlacesMiddleton, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Middleton, 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.
Middleton ranks 12,239th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Middleton
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.
Middleton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Middleton ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
Where Middleton ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 35% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 35% of towns
- Household income$66,658 median, better than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Middleton
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Middleton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,658, 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 Middleton's effective rate of 0.86%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Middleton
Middleton 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 Middleton.
Who works in Middleton, and how
Work in Middleton centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Middleton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Middleton.
What the weather is like in Middleton, month by month
Middleton sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 85° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Middleton
Pittsburgh International sits about 35 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Middleton
Schools across Middleton average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Joshua Dixon Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Crestview Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Side Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Crestview Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Columbiana High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Crestview High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Middleton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Middleton 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 Middleton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Middleton
Is Middleton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Middleton ranks 12,239th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and a stable housing market, and lowest on noise and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Middleton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,715. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $66,658 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Middleton safe?
Middleton is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $261 per resident a year.
Compare Middleton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Middleton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Middleton 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.
Middleton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Middleton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Middleton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Middleton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Middleton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Middleton 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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