Best PlacesOakfield, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oakfield, 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.
Oakfield ranks 21,159th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oakfield
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.
Oakfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oakfield ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
Where Oakfield ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Household income$53,317 median, better than only 17% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oakfield
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oakfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,317, 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 Oakfield's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Oakfield
Oakfield runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oakfield.
Who works in Oakfield, and how
Work in Oakfield centers on hospitality & food and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Oakfield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oakfield.
What the weather is like in Oakfield, month by month
Oakfield sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 37° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Oakfield
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oakfield
Schools across Oakfield average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bristol Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Mesopotamia Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cardinal Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Bristol High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Cardinal High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Bloomfield High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oakfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oakfield 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 Oakfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oakfield
Is Oakfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oakfield ranks 21,159th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oakfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,538. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $53,317 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Oakfield safe?
Yes, Oakfield is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $221 per resident a year.
Compare Oakfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oakfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oakfield 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.
Oakfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oakfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oakfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oakfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oakfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oakfield 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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