Best PlacesParma, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Parma, 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.
Parma ranks 1,100th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Parma
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.
Parma's strengths and weaknesses
Where Parma ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of cities
- TransitBetter than 83% of cities
- QuietBetter than 79% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 77% of cities
Where Parma ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 21% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 26% of cities
- Household income$73,405 median, better than only 27% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Parma
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Parma home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,405, 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 Parma's effective rate of 1.74%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Parma
Parma 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 Parma.
Who works in Parma, and how
Work in Parma centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Parma
Parma has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Parma and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Parma, month by month
Parma sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, 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 | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Parma
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 7 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 Parma
Schools across Parma average a B, better than 63% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Global Village AcademyA · 72% proficient
- Green Valley Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Dentzler Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Royalton Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Hillside Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Greenbriar Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- North Royalton High SchoolA · 76% proficient
- Normandy High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Valley Forge High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Parma school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Parma 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 Parma against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Parma suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Parma
Is Parma a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Parma ranks 1,100th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cheap car insurance, and transit, 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 Parma expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,600. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $73,405 median income, cost of living beats 43% of cities.
Is Parma safe?
Parma is safer than 21% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $373 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Parma?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 23. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 17% of cities.
Is Parma good for families?
Schools beat 63% of cities, crime safety beats 21%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Parma with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Parma. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Parma 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.
Parma detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Parma: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Parma: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Parma: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Parma: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Parma 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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