Best PlacesShenandoah, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shenandoah, 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.
Shenandoah ranks 21,749th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Shenandoah
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.
Shenandoah's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shenandoah ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
Where Shenandoah ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shenandoah
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shenandoah home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,433, 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 Shenandoah's effective rate of 0.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Shenandoah
Shenandoah runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shenandoah.
Who works in Shenandoah, and how
Work in Shenandoah centers on agriculture & forestry and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 55%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Shenandoah
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shenandoah.
What the weather is like in Shenandoah, month by month
Shenandoah sees roughly 68 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° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Shenandoah
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 46 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 Shenandoah
Schools across Shenandoah average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crestview Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Shiloh Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crestview Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Shiloh Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Plymouth High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Crestview High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shenandoah school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shenandoah
Is Shenandoah a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shenandoah ranks 21,749th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and biking, and lowest on education levels and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shenandoah expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $235,900. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $61,433 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Shenandoah safe?
Shenandoah is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $340 per resident a year.
Compare Shenandoah with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shenandoah. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shenandoah 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.
Shenandoah detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shenandoah: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shenandoah: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shenandoah: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shenandoah: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shenandoah 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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