Best PlacesPainter Creek, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Painter Creek, 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.
Painter Creek ranks 12,989th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Painter Creek
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.
Painter Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Painter Creek ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 80% of towns
Where Painter Creek ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Painter Creek
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Painter Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $71,266; 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 Painter Creek's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 Painter Creek
Painter Creek runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Painter Creek.
Who works in Painter Creek, and how
Work in Painter Creek centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Painter Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Painter Creek.
What the weather is like in Painter Creek, month by month
Painter Creek sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Painter Creek
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 69 miles away.
The best schools in and around Painter Creek
Schools across Painter Creek average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newton Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Franklin Monroe Elementary SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
Top high schools
- Franklin Monroe High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Newton High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Painter Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Painter Creek 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 Painter Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Painter Creek
Is Painter Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Painter Creek ranks 12,989th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, few empty homes, and good schools, and lowest on internet speeds and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Painter Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $283,250. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $71,266 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Painter Creek safe?
Yes, Painter Creek is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare Painter Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Painter Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Painter Creek 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.
Painter Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Painter Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Painter Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Painter Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Painter Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Painter Creek 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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