Best PlacesMount Lookout, Cincinnati, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Lookout, Cincinnati, 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 Lookout, Cincinnati ranks 868th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Lookout, Cincinnati
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 Lookout, Cincinnati's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Lookout, Cincinnati ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
Where Mount Lookout, Cincinnati ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Lookout, Cincinnati
A household needs to earn about $174,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Lookout, Cincinnati home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $162,632; 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 Lookout, Cincinnati's effective rate of 1.71%, 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 Lookout, Cincinnati
Mount Lookout, Cincinnati 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 Mount Lookout, Cincinnati.
Who works in Mount Lookout, Cincinnati, and how
Work in Mount Lookout, Cincinnati centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mount Lookout, Cincinnati
Mount Lookout, Cincinnati has more parkland per resident than 95% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Mount Lookout, Cincinnati and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mount Lookout, Cincinnati, month by month
Mount Lookout, Cincinnati sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Mount Lookout, Cincinnati
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 14 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Mount Lookout, Cincinnati
Schools across Mount Lookout, Cincinnati average a D, better than 16% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Kilgour SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Academy Of World Languages SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Hughes Stem High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Lookout, Cincinnati school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Lookout, Cincinnati 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 Lookout, Cincinnati against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Mount Lookout, Cincinnati
Is Mount Lookout, Cincinnati a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Lookout, Cincinnati ranks 868th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on what local pay buys, an educated workforce, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Lookout, Cincinnati expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $592,376. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $162,632 median income, cost of living beats 99% of neighborhoods.
Is Mount Lookout, Cincinnati safe?
Mount Lookout, Cincinnati is safer than 53% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $396 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Lookout, Cincinnati with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Lookout, Cincinnati. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Lookout, Cincinnati 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 Lookout, Cincinnati detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Lookout, Cincinnati: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Lookout, Cincinnati: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Lookout, Cincinnati: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Lookout, Cincinnati: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Lookout, Cincinnati 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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