Best PlacesRainsboro, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rainsboro, 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.
Rainsboro ranks 37,912th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rainsboro
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.
Rainsboro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rainsboro ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of towns
Where Rainsboro ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Household income$51,767 median, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rainsboro
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rainsboro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,767, 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 Rainsboro's effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Rainsboro
Rainsboro runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rainsboro.
Who works in Rainsboro, and how
Work in Rainsboro centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Rainsboro
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rainsboro.
What the weather is like in Rainsboro, month by month
Rainsboro sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Rainsboro
The nearest airport, Rickenbacker International, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rainsboro
Schools across Rainsboro average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rainsboro Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hillsboro Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Greenfield Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Hillsboro High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Mcclain High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rainsboro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rainsboro 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 Rainsboro against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rainsboro
Is Rainsboro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rainsboro ranks 37,912th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and biking, and lowest on education levels and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rainsboro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,100. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $51,767 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Rainsboro safe?
Rainsboro is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $440 per resident a year.
Compare Rainsboro with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rainsboro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rainsboro 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.
Rainsboro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rainsboro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rainsboro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rainsboro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rainsboro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rainsboro 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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