Best PlacesPitsburg, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pitsburg, 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.
Pitsburg ranks 17,142nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pitsburg
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.
Pitsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pitsburg ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Pitsburg ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Short commute31.7 minutes each way, better than only 25% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pitsburg
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pitsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,446, 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 Pitsburg's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pitsburg
Pitsburg 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 Pitsburg.
Who works in Pitsburg, and how
Work in Pitsburg centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Pitsburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pitsburg.
What the weather is like in Pitsburg, month by month
Pitsburg sees roughly 77 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 Pitsburg
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 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pitsburg
Schools across Pitsburg average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Franklin Monroe Elementary SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Arcanum Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Butler Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Franklin Monroe High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Arcanum High SchoolA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pitsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pitsburg 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 Pitsburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pitsburg
Is Pitsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pitsburg ranks 17,142nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and cell coverage, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pitsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,171. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $67,446 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Pitsburg safe?
Pitsburg is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $355 per resident a year.
Compare Pitsburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pitsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pitsburg 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.
Pitsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pitsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pitsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pitsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pitsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pitsburg 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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