Best PlacesNew Philadelphia, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Philadelphia, 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.
New Philadelphia ranks 11,199th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Philadelphia
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 Philadelphia's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Philadelphia ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
Where New Philadelphia ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 26% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Philadelphia
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Philadelphia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,090, 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 Philadelphia's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 8 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 Philadelphia
New Philadelphia 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 New Philadelphia.
Who works in New Philadelphia, and how
Work in New Philadelphia centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in New Philadelphia
New Philadelphia has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns and more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of New Philadelphia and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Philadelphia, month by month
New Philadelphia sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of New Philadelphia
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Philadelphia
Schools across New Philadelphia average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ragersville Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Port Washington Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- West Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tuscarawas Valley Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Central Elementary SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Joseph Welty Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Tuscarawas Valley High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Dover High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Indian Valley High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Philadelphia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia against the other 50,332 towns.
Who New Philadelphia suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in New Philadelphia
Is New Philadelphia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Philadelphia ranks 11,199th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cheap car insurance, and walkability, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Philadelphia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $182,627. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $64,090 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is New Philadelphia safe?
New Philadelphia is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $280 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in New Philadelphia?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 22. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 19% of towns.
Is New Philadelphia good for families?
Schools beat 87% of towns, crime safety beats 53%, and childcare runs $959 a month.
Compare New Philadelphia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Philadelphia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Philadelphia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Philadelphia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Philadelphia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Philadelphia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Philadelphia 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.