Best PlacesPoint Isabel, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Point Isabel, 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.
Point Isabel ranks 38,461st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Point Isabel
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.
Point Isabel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Point Isabel ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 79% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 70% of towns
Where Point Isabel ranks low
- Short commute46.1 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Point Isabel
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Point Isabel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $56,554, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Point Isabel's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 Point Isabel
Point Isabel runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Point Isabel.
Who works in Point Isabel, and how
Work in Point Isabel centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Point Isabel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Point Isabel.
What the weather is like in Point Isabel, month by month
Point Isabel sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 27° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 46° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Point Isabel
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 29 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Point Isabel
Schools across Point Isabel average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Felicity-franklin Local Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Richmond Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Felicity-franklin Local Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- New Richmond High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Felicity-franklin Local High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Point Isabel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Point Isabel 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 Point Isabel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Point Isabel
Is Point Isabel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Point Isabel ranks 38,461st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, tree cover, and low taxes, and lowest on long commutes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Point Isabel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $249,200. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $56,554 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Point Isabel safe?
Point Isabel is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $371 per resident a year.
Compare Point Isabel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Point Isabel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Point Isabel 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.
Point Isabel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Point Isabel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Point Isabel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Point Isabel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Point Isabel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Point Isabel 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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