Best PlacesSeville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seville, 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.
Seville ranks 4,498th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Seville
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.
Seville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Seville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
Where Seville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,267 a month, better than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Seville
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,852, 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 Seville's effective rate of 1.07%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Seville
Seville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Seville.
Who works in Seville, and how
Work in Seville centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Seville
Seville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Seville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Seville, month by month
Seville sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Seville
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 26 miles away.
The best schools in and around Seville
Schools across Seville average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ralph E. Waite ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
- Isham Memorial Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Norwayne Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
Top middle schools
- Norwayne Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Central Intermediate SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- A. I. Root Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Wadsworth High SchoolA · 79% proficient
- Medina High SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Cloverleaf High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Seville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seville 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 Seville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Seville
Is Seville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seville ranks 4,498th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Seville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $286,604. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $96,852 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Seville safe?
Yes, Seville is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
Compare Seville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seville 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.
Seville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seville 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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