Best PlacesSheffield, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sheffield, 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.
Sheffield ranks 3,683rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sheffield
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sheffield ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$121,462 median, better than 93% of towns
Where Sheffield ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 73 pleasant days a year, better than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sheffield
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sheffield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $121,462, 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's effective rate of 1.54%, 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 8 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
Sheffield runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sheffield.
Who works in Sheffield, and how
Work in Sheffield 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 80%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Sheffield
Sheffield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Sheffield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sheffield, month by month
Sheffield 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
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 12 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
Schools across Sheffield average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Avon Heritage Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Brookside Intermediate SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Avon Middle SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Brookside Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Avon High SchoolA · 78% proficient
- Brookside High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sheffield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sheffield 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sheffield
Is Sheffield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sheffield ranks 3,683rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, what local pay buys, 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 Sheffield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $306,041. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $121,462 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Sheffield safe?
Yes, Sheffield is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $263 per resident a year.
Compare Sheffield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sheffield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sheffield 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sheffield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sheffield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sheffield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sheffield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sheffield 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.