Best PlacesOrrville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Orrville, 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.
Orrville ranks 9,931st 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 Orrville
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.
Orrville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Orrville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute20.9 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
Where Orrville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Orrville
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Orrville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,717, 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 Orrville's effective rate of 1.17%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Orrville
Orrville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Orrville.
Who works in Orrville, and how
Work in Orrville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Orrville
Orrville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 90% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Orrville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Orrville, month by month
Orrville sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Orrville
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Orrville
Schools across Orrville average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tuslaw Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Dalton Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Orrville Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tuslaw Middle SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Dalton Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- John R Lea Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Smithville High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Tuslaw High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Dalton High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Orrville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Orrville 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 Orrville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Orrville
Is Orrville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Orrville ranks 9,931st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, cell coverage, and good schools, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Orrville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $212,903. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $71,717 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Orrville safe?
Yes, Orrville is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $230 per resident a year.
Compare Orrville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Orrville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Orrville 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.
Orrville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Orrville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Orrville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Orrville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Orrville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Orrville 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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