Best PlacesNew Richmond, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Richmond, 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 Richmond ranks 7,106th 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 Richmond
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 Richmond's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Richmond ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 81% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
Where New Richmond ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 26% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 32% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 75 pleasant days a year, better than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Richmond
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Richmond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,395, 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 Richmond'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 and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in New Richmond
New Richmond runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Richmond.
Who works in New Richmond, and how
Work in New Richmond centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in New Richmond
New Richmond has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of New Richmond and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Richmond, month by month
New Richmond sees roughly 75 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 New Richmond
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 24 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 New Richmond
Schools across New Richmond average an A−, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Felicity-franklin Local Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Amelia Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bethel-tate Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- New Richmond Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Felicity-franklin Local Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Bethel Tate High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- New Richmond High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Felicity-franklin Local High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Richmond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Richmond 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 Richmond against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Richmond
Is New Richmond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Richmond ranks 7,106th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, civic engagement, and what local pay buys, 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 Richmond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $262,633. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $93,395 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is New Richmond safe?
Yes, New Richmond is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $228 per resident a year.
Compare New Richmond with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Richmond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Richmond 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 Richmond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Richmond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Richmond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Richmond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Richmond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Richmond 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.