Best PlacesNew Somerset, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Somerset, 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 Somerset ranks 22,673rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Somerset
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 Somerset's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Somerset ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 77% of towns
Where New Somerset ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Short commute31.9 minutes each way, better than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Somerset
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Somerset home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,017, 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 Somerset's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 Somerset
New Somerset 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 Somerset.
Who works in New Somerset, and how
Work in New Somerset centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in New Somerset
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Somerset.
What the weather is like in New Somerset, month by month
New Somerset sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of New Somerset
Pittsburgh International sits about 27 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around New Somerset
Schools across New Somerset average an A−, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stanton Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Edison Jr. High SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Edison High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Somerset school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Somerset 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 Somerset against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Somerset
Is New Somerset a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Somerset ranks 22,673rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, quiet, and good schools, and lowest on cell coverage and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Somerset expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,146. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $63,017 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is New Somerset safe?
New Somerset is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
Compare New Somerset with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Somerset. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Somerset 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 Somerset detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Somerset: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Somerset: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Somerset: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Somerset: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Somerset 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.