Best PlacesMunroe Falls, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Munroe Falls, 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.
Munroe Falls ranks 5,109th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Munroe Falls
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.
Munroe Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Munroe Falls ranks high
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
Where Munroe Falls ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Munroe Falls
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Munroe Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,487, 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 Munroe Falls' effective rate of 1.40%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Munroe Falls
Munroe Falls 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 Munroe Falls.
Who works in Munroe Falls, and how
Work in Munroe Falls centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Munroe Falls
Munroe Falls has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Munroe Falls and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Munroe Falls, month by month
Munroe Falls sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Munroe Falls
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 29 miles away.
The best schools in and around Munroe Falls
Schools across Munroe Falls average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Indian Trail Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Riverview Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Brimfield Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Field Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Tallmadge Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Kimpton Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Field High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Tallmadge High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Stow-munroe Falls High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Munroe Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Munroe Falls 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 Munroe Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Munroe Falls
Is Munroe Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Munroe Falls ranks 5,109th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Munroe Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,875. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $83,487 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Munroe Falls safe?
Yes, Munroe Falls is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $224 per resident a year.
Compare Munroe Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Munroe Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Munroe Falls 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.
Munroe Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Munroe Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Munroe Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Munroe Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Munroe Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Munroe Falls 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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