Best PlacesPleasant City, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pleasant City, 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.
Pleasant City ranks 33,170th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pleasant City
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.
Pleasant City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pleasant City ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 75% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 71% of towns
Where Pleasant City ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 18% of towns
- Household income$54,429 median, better than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pleasant City
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pleasant City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,429, 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 Pleasant City's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pleasant City
Pleasant City runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pleasant City.
Who works in Pleasant City, and how
Work in Pleasant City centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Pleasant City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pleasant City.
What the weather is like in Pleasant City, month by month
Pleasant City sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Pleasant City
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pleasant City
Schools across Pleasant City average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Meadowbrook Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Meadowbrook High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Shenandoah High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pleasant City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pleasant City 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 Pleasant City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pleasant City
Is Pleasant City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pleasant City ranks 33,170th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, fast internet, and low taxes, and lowest on the weather and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pleasant City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,557. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $54,429 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Pleasant City safe?
Pleasant City is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $308 per resident a year.
Compare Pleasant City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pleasant City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pleasant City 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.
Pleasant City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pleasant City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pleasant City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pleasant City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pleasant City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pleasant City 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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