Best PlacesNeals Corner, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Neals Corner, 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.
Neals Corner ranks 7,290th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Neals Corner
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.
Neals Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Neals Corner ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Neals Corner ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Short commute35.3 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 26% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Neals Corner
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Neals Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,011, 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 Neals Corner's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Neals Corner
Neals Corner runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Neals Corner.
Who works in Neals Corner, and how
Work in Neals Corner centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Neals Corner
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Neals Corner.
What the weather is like in Neals Corner, month by month
Neals Corner sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 27° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 46° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Neals Corner
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 33 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 Neals Corner
Schools across Neals Corner average an A, better than 86% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Bethel-tate Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Bethel Tate High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Neals Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Neals Corner 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 Neals Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Neals Corner
Is Neals Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Neals Corner ranks 7,290th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cheap car insurance, and few empty homes, and lowest on childcare costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Neals Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $233,548. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $100,011 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Neals Corner safe?
Neals Corner is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $341 per resident a year.
Compare Neals Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Neals Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Neals Corner 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.
Neals Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Neals Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Neals Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Neals Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Neals Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Neals Corner 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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