Best PlacesNew Matamoras, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Matamoras, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
New Matamoras ranks 42,248th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Matamoras
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 Matamoras' strengths and weaknesses
Where New Matamoras ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 76% of towns
Where New Matamoras ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$48,038 median, better than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Matamoras
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Matamoras home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,038, 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 Matamoras' effective rate of 0.89%, 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 New Matamoras
New Matamoras'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 Matamoras.
Who works in New Matamoras, and how
Work in New Matamoras centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in New Matamoras
New Matamoras has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of New Matamoras and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Matamoras, month by month
New Matamoras sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of New Matamoras
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Matamoras
Schools across New Matamoras average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Skyvue Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- River Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Newport Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Frontier High/middle SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- River High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Monroe Central High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Matamoras school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Matamoras 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 Matamoras against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Matamoras
Is New Matamoras a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Matamoras ranks 42,248th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a stable housing market, and tree cover, and lowest on a weak job market and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Matamoras expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $122,280. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $48,038 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is New Matamoras safe?
New Matamoras is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $315 per resident a year.
Compare New Matamoras with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Matamoras. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Matamoras 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 Matamoras detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Matamoras: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Matamoras: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Matamoras: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Matamoras: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Matamoras 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.