Best PlacesRoaming Shores, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roaming Shores, 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.
Roaming Shores ranks 11,292nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Roaming Shores
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.
Roaming Shores' strengths and weaknesses
Where Roaming Shores ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Roaming Shores ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute38.3 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roaming Shores
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roaming Shores home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,677, 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 Roaming Shores' effective rate of 1.21%, 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 Roaming Shores
Roaming Shores runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Roaming Shores.
Who works in Roaming Shores, and how
Work in Roaming Shores centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Roaming Shores
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Roaming Shores.
What the weather is like in Roaming Shores, month by month
Roaming Shores sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Roaming Shores
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Roaming Shores
Schools across Roaming Shores average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pymatuning Valley Primary Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Grand Valley Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Rock Creek Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pymatuning Valley Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Jefferson Area Junior High SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Grand Valley Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson Area Sr High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Grand Valley High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Pymatuning Valley High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roaming Shores school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roaming Shores 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 Roaming Shores against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roaming Shores
Is Roaming Shores a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roaming Shores ranks 11,292nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, cheap car insurance, and low disaster risk, and lowest on an overheated housing market and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roaming Shores expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $212,957. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $88,677 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Roaming Shores safe?
Yes, Roaming Shores is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $188 per resident a year.
Compare Roaming Shores with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roaming Shores. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roaming Shores 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.
Roaming Shores detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roaming Shores: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roaming Shores: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roaming Shores: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roaming Shores: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roaming Shores 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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