Best PlacesOhio City-West Side, Cleveland, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland, 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.
Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland ranks 4,129th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland
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.
Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland ranks high
- BikingBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD−, better than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $59,679, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland's effective rate of 1.44%, 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 Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland
Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland 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 Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland.
Who works in Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland, and how
Work in Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 56%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland
Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 81% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland, month by month
Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 60° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 76° | 69° |
| October | 68° | 59° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 9 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 Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland
Schools across Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland average a D−, better than 6% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Near West Intergenerational SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Orchard SchoolD · 16% proficient
- Paul L Dunbar Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Mc^2 Stem High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Lincoln West School Of Global StudiesD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland 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 Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland
Is Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland ranks 4,129th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on biking, low disaster risk, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on crime and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $319,161. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $59,679 median income, cost of living beats 40% of neighborhoods.
Is Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland safe?
Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland is safer than 4% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $988 per resident a year.
Compare Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland 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.
Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ohio City-West Side, Cleveland 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.