Best PlacesNew Dover, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Dover, 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.
New Dover ranks 2,869th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Dover
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.
New Dover's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Dover ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
Where New Dover ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 23% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Dover
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Dover home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,455, 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 New Dover's effective rate of 1.17%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in New Dover
New Dover's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Dover.
Who works in New Dover, and how
Work in New Dover centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in New Dover
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Dover.
What the weather is like in New Dover, month by month
New Dover sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of New Dover
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 28 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around New Dover
Schools across New Dover average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fairbanks Elementary SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Northwood ElementaryA+ · 80% proficient
- Navin Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Creekview Intermediate Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Fairbanks Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Fairbanks High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Marysville High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Dover school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Dover 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 New Dover against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Dover
Is New Dover a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Dover ranks 2,869th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and heat safety, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Dover expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $296,866. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $99,455 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is New Dover safe?
Yes, New Dover is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $212 per resident a year.
Compare New Dover with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Dover. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Dover 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.
New Dover detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Dover: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Dover: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Dover: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Dover: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Dover 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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