Best PlacesMount Eaton, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Eaton, 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.
Mount Eaton ranks 10,796th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Eaton
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.
Mount Eaton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Eaton ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Mount Eaton ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,051 a month, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Eaton
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Eaton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $96,830; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Mount Eaton's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Mount Eaton
Mount Eaton runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mount Eaton.
Who works in Mount Eaton, and how
Work in Mount Eaton centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 56%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 29%
Life in Mount Eaton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Eaton.
What the weather is like in Mount Eaton, month by month
Mount Eaton sees roughly 113 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Mount Eaton
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 51 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mount Eaton
Schools across Mount Eaton average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Winesburg Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Mount Eaton Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- John R Lea Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Wise Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Hiland High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Waynedale High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Eaton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Eaton 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 Mount Eaton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Eaton
Is Mount Eaton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Eaton ranks 10,796th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on civic engagement and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Eaton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $407,458. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $96,830 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Mount Eaton safe?
Mount Eaton is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $419 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Eaton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Eaton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Eaton 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.
Mount Eaton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Eaton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Eaton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Eaton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Eaton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Eaton 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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