Best PlacesOakley, Cincinnati, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oakley, Cincinnati, 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.
Oakley, Cincinnati ranks 1,664th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oakley, Cincinnati
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.
Oakley, Cincinnati's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oakley, Cincinnati ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Oakley, Cincinnati ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Oakley, Cincinnati
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oakley, Cincinnati home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $103,465; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Oakley, Cincinnati's effective rate of 1.61%, 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 Oakley, Cincinnati
Oakley, Cincinnati runs younger 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 Oakley, Cincinnati.
Who works in Oakley, Cincinnati, and how
Work in Oakley, Cincinnati centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Oakley, Cincinnati
Oakley, Cincinnati has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of neighborhoods and more late-night spots per resident than 84% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Oakley, Cincinnati and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oakley, Cincinnati, month by month
Oakley, Cincinnati sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Oakley, Cincinnati
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 15 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 Oakley, Cincinnati
Schools across Oakley, Cincinnati average a C, better than 46% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hyde Park SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Sharpsburg ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
- Academy Of World Languages SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Norwood Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Norwood High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Hughes Stem High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oakley, Cincinnati school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oakley, Cincinnati 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 Oakley, Cincinnati against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Oakley, Cincinnati
Is Oakley, Cincinnati a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oakley, Cincinnati ranks 1,664th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oakley, Cincinnati expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $395,884. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $103,465 median income, cost of living beats 84% of neighborhoods.
Is Oakley, Cincinnati safe?
Oakley, Cincinnati is safer than 24% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $581 per resident a year.
Compare Oakley, Cincinnati with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oakley, Cincinnati. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oakley, Cincinnati 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.
Oakley, Cincinnati detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oakley, Cincinnati: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oakley, Cincinnati: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oakley, Cincinnati: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oakley, Cincinnati: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oakley, Cincinnati 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.