Best PlacesOak Knoll, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oak Knoll, 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.
Oak Knoll ranks 6,341st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oak Knoll
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.
Oak Knoll's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oak Knoll ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Oak Knoll ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oak Knoll
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oak Knoll home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,093, 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 Oak Knoll's effective rate of 1.11%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Oak Knoll
Oak Knoll's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oak Knoll.
Who works in Oak Knoll, and how
Work in Oak Knoll centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Oak Knoll
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oak Knoll.
What the weather is like in Oak Knoll, month by month
Oak Knoll sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Oak Knoll
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 39 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Oak Knoll
Schools across Oak Knoll average an A−, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elgin Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Pleasant Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pleasant Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Elgin Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Pleasant High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Elgin High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oak Knoll school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oak Knoll 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 Oak Knoll against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oak Knoll
Is Oak Knoll a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oak Knoll ranks 6,341st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, few empty homes, and fast internet, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oak Knoll expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $237,970. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $102,093 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Oak Knoll safe?
Yes, Oak Knoll is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $161 per resident a year.
Compare Oak Knoll with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oak Knoll. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oak Knoll 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.
Oak Knoll detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oak Knoll: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oak Knoll: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oak Knoll: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oak Knoll: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oak Knoll 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
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