Best PlacesRye Beach, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rye Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rye Beach ranks 7,231st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rye Beach
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.
Rye Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rye Beach ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute16.6 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Rye Beach ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rye Beach
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rye Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,888, 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 Rye Beach's effective rate of 1.29%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Rye Beach
Rye Beach 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 Rye Beach.
Who works in Rye Beach, and how
Work in Rye Beach centers on manufacturing and other services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Rye Beach
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rye Beach.
What the weather is like in Rye Beach, month by month
Rye Beach sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 49° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 75° | 68° |
| October | 65° | 56° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Rye Beach
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 39 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rye Beach
Schools across Rye Beach average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- The Sandusky Intermediate SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mccormick Junior HighA− · 58% proficient
- Sandusky Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Huron High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Sandusky High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rye Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rye Beach 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 Rye Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rye Beach
Is Rye Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rye Beach ranks 7,231st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rye Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $370,491. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $105,888 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Rye Beach safe?
Rye Beach is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $350 per resident a year.
Compare Rye Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rye Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rye Beach 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.
Rye Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rye Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rye Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rye Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rye Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rye Beach 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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