Best PlacesSheffield Lake, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sheffield Lake, 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.
Sheffield Lake ranks 14,221st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sheffield Lake
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.
Sheffield Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sheffield Lake ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
Where Sheffield Lake ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 73 pleasant days a year, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sheffield Lake
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sheffield Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,714, 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 Sheffield Lake's effective rate of 1.38%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sheffield Lake
Sheffield Lake 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 Sheffield Lake.
Who works in Sheffield Lake, and how
Work in Sheffield Lake centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sheffield Lake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sheffield Lake.
What the weather is like in Sheffield Lake, month by month
Sheffield Lake sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 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 | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Sheffield Lake
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 14 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 Sheffield Lake
Schools across Sheffield Lake average a B+, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brookside Intermediate SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Vincent Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Stevan Dohanos Elementary SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brookside Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Durling Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Westwood Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Brookside High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Elyria High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Clearview High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sheffield Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sheffield Lake 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 Sheffield Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sheffield Lake
Is Sheffield Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sheffield Lake ranks 14,221st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, biking, and low disaster risk, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sheffield Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,650. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $67,714 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Sheffield Lake safe?
Yes, Sheffield Lake is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $238 per resident a year.
Compare Sheffield Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sheffield Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sheffield Lake 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.
Sheffield Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sheffield Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sheffield Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sheffield Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sheffield Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sheffield Lake 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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