Best PlacesProctorville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Proctorville, 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.
Proctorville ranks 16,048th 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 Proctorville
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.
Proctorville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Proctorville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
Where Proctorville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 23% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 32% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Proctorville
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Proctorville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,889, 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 Proctorville's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Proctorville
Proctorville 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 Proctorville.
Who works in Proctorville, and how
Work in Proctorville 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 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Proctorville
Proctorville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns and more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Proctorville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Proctorville, month by month
Proctorville sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Proctorville
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Proctorville
Schools across Proctorville average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chesapeake Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Fairland West Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fairland Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Chesapeake Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Fairland High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Chesapeake High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Symmes Valley High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Proctorville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Proctorville 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 Proctorville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Proctorville
Is Proctorville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Proctorville ranks 16,048th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, cell coverage, and good schools, and lowest on the weather and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Proctorville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,121. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $66,889 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Proctorville safe?
Proctorville is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $300 per resident a year.
Compare Proctorville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Proctorville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Proctorville 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.
Proctorville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Proctorville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Proctorville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Proctorville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Proctorville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Proctorville 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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