Best PlacesNorth Bend, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around North Bend, 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.
North Bend ranks 11,478th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in North Bend
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.
North Bend's strengths and weaknesses
Where North Bend ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 85% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of towns
Where North Bend ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 51 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in North Bend
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median North Bend home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,151, 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 North Bend's effective rate of 1.36%, 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 North Bend
North Bend runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for North Bend.
Who works in North Bend, and how
Work in North Bend centers on retail trade 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 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in North Bend
North Bend has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of North Bend and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in North Bend, month by month
North Bend sees roughly 51 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of North Bend
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 9 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 North Bend
Schools across North Bend average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Miami Whitewater Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Three Rivers ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rapid Run Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Harrison Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Taylor Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Taylor High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every North Bend school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
North Bend 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 North Bend against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in North Bend
Is North Bend a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, North Bend ranks 11,478th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, cell coverage, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is North Bend expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,908. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $86,151 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is North Bend safe?
Yes, North Bend is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $234 per resident a year.
Compare North Bend with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to North Bend. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in North Bend 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.
North Bend detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for North Bend: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in North Bend: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of North Bend: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in North Bend: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
North Bend 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.