Best PlacesPainesville on the Lake, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Painesville on the Lake, 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.
Painesville on the Lake ranks 30,489th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Painesville on the Lake
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.
Painesville on the Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Painesville on the Lake ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
Where Painesville on the Lake ranks low
- Household income$41,333 median, better than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Painesville on the Lake
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Painesville on the Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,333, 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 Painesville on the Lake's effective rate of 1.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Painesville on the Lake
Painesville on the Lake runs older 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 Painesville on the Lake.
Who works in Painesville on the Lake, and how
Work in Painesville on the Lake centers on manufacturing and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Painesville on the Lake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Painesville on the Lake.
What the weather is like in Painesville on the Lake, month by month
Painesville on the Lake sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Painesville on the Lake
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 42 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 Painesville on the Lake
Schools across Painesville on the Lake average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perry Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Riverview Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Elm Street Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Perry Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Perry High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Riverside Jr/sr High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Fairport Harding High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Painesville on the Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Painesville on the Lake 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 Painesville on the Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Painesville on the Lake
Is Painesville on the Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Painesville on the Lake ranks 30,489th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cheap car insurance, and civic engagement, and lowest on low incomes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Painesville on the Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,500. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $41,333 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Painesville on the Lake safe?
Yes, Painesville on the Lake is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 per resident a year.
Compare Painesville on the Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Painesville on the Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Painesville on the Lake 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.
Painesville on the Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Painesville on the Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Painesville on the Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Painesville on the Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Painesville on the Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Painesville on the Lake 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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