Best PlacesRoundhead, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roundhead, 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.
Roundhead ranks 24,538th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Roundhead
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.
Roundhead's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roundhead ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
Where Roundhead ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 20% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 23% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 27% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roundhead
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roundhead home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,741, 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 Roundhead's effective rate of 0.93%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Roundhead
Roundhead runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Roundhead.
Who works in Roundhead, and how
Work in Roundhead centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Roundhead
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Roundhead.
What the weather is like in Roundhead, month by month
Roundhead sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Roundhead
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Roundhead
Schools across Roundhead average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Upper Scioto Valley Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Upper Scioto Valley Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Upper Scioto Valley High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roundhead school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roundhead 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 Roundhead against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roundhead
Is Roundhead a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roundhead ranks 24,538th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and quiet, and lowest on health outcomes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roundhead expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $127,800. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $66,741 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Roundhead safe?
Roundhead is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $307 per resident a year.
Compare Roundhead with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roundhead. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roundhead 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.
Roundhead detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roundhead: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roundhead: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roundhead: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roundhead: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roundhead 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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