Best PlacesMoss Run, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moss Run, 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.
Moss Run ranks 31,255th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Moss Run
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.
Moss Run's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moss Run ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 80% of towns
- QuietBetter than 73% of towns
Where Moss Run ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Moss Run
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moss Run home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,305, 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 Moss Run'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, 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 Moss Run
Moss Run runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Moss Run.
Who works in Moss Run, and how
Work in Moss Run centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Moss Run
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Moss Run.
What the weather is like in Moss Run, month by month
Moss Run sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Moss Run
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Moss Run
Schools across Moss Run average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newport Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Frontier High/middle SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Marietta High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Moss Run school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moss Run 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 Moss Run against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Moss Run
Is Moss Run a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moss Run ranks 31,255th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, cheap car insurance, and low taxes, and lowest on internet speeds and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Moss Run expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,392. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $81,305 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Moss Run safe?
Moss Run is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $559 per resident a year.
Compare Moss Run with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moss Run. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moss Run 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.
Moss Run detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moss Run: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moss Run: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moss Run: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moss Run: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moss Run 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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