Best PlacesNew Washington, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Washington, 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 Washington ranks 17,291st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Washington
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 Washington's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Washington ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 83% of towns
Where New Washington ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Washington
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Washington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,686, 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 Washington's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 6 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 Washington
New Washington runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Washington.
Who works in New Washington, and how
Work in New Washington 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 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in New Washington
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Washington.
What the weather is like in New Washington, month by month
New Washington sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of New Washington
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 60 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around New Washington
Schools across New Washington average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buckeye Central Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buckeye Central Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- William Crawford Intermediate SchoolsA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Col Crawford High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Buckeye Central High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Washington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Washington 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 Washington against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Washington
Is New Washington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Washington ranks 17,291st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, walkability, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on the weather and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Washington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,113. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $72,686 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is New Washington safe?
New Washington is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $479 per resident a year.
Compare New Washington with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Washington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Washington 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 Washington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Washington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Washington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Washington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Washington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Washington 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.