Best PlacesRavenna, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ravenna, 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.
Ravenna ranks 1,438th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ravenna
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.
Ravenna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ravenna ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 72% of cities
Where Ravenna ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of cities
- Household income$65,752 median, better than only 16% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 22% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 22% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Ravenna
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ravenna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,752, 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 Ravenna's effective rate of 1.29%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ravenna
Ravenna's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Ravenna.
Who works in Ravenna, and how
Work in Ravenna centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Ravenna
Ravenna has more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Ravenna and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ravenna, month by month
Ravenna sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Ravenna
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ravenna
Schools across Ravenna average a B−, better than 47% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Rootstown Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
- James A Garfield Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Brimfield Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Field Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Southeast Junior High SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Rootstown/mabel Schnee Bldg Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Field High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Theodore Roosevelt High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Rootstown/ward Davis Bldg High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ravenna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ravenna 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 Ravenna against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Ravenna suits
Common questions about living in Ravenna
Is Ravenna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ravenna ranks 1,438th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on health outcomes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ravenna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,494. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $65,752 median income, cost of living beats 22% of cities.
Is Ravenna safe?
Ravenna is safer than 38% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $325 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ravenna?
July highs average about 83 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 22. That works out to about 124 pleasant days a year, more than 71% of cities.
Is Ravenna good for families?
Schools beat 47% of cities, crime safety beats 38%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Ravenna with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ravenna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ravenna 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.
Ravenna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ravenna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ravenna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ravenna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ravenna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ravenna 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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