Best PlacesSteubenville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Steubenville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Steubenville ranks 1,387th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Steubenville
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.
Steubenville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Steubenville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of cities
- School gradeA, better than 93% of cities
- Short commute19.5 minutes each way, better than 89% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 72% of cities
Where Steubenville ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of cities
- Household income$57,955 median, better than only 6% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 12% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Steubenville
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Steubenville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,955, 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 Steubenville's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Steubenville
Steubenville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Steubenville.
Who works in Steubenville, and how
Work in Steubenville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Steubenville
Steubenville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of cities and more parkland per resident than 96% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Steubenville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Steubenville, month by month
Steubenville sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Steubenville
Pittsburgh International sits about 24 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Steubenville
Schools across Steubenville average an A, better than 93% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Wells AcademyA+ · 98% proficient
- Mckinley Stem AcademyA+ · 95% proficient
- Pugliese Elementary WestA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harding Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Edison Jr. High SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Buckeye Local Junior HighB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Steubenville High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Indian Creek High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Edison High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Steubenville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Steubenville 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 Steubenville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Steubenville suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Steubenville
Is Steubenville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Steubenville ranks 1,387th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and short commutes, and lowest on health outcomes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Steubenville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $138,678. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $57,955 median income, cost of living beats 13% of cities.
Is Steubenville safe?
Steubenville is safer than 19% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Steubenville?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 23. That works out to about 74 pleasant days a year, more than 35% of cities.
Is Steubenville good for families?
Schools beat 93% of cities, crime safety beats 19%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Steubenville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Steubenville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Steubenville 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.
Steubenville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Steubenville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Steubenville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Steubenville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Steubenville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Steubenville 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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