Best PlacesStout, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stout, 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.
Stout ranks 37,924th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stout
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.
Stout's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stout ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 68% of towns
- QuietBetter than 66% of towns
Where Stout ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Short commute35.5 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stout
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stout home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,106, 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 Stout's effective rate of 1.02%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stout
Stout 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 Stout.
Who works in Stout, and how
Work in Stout centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Stout
Stout has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Stout and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Stout, month by month
Stout sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Stout
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stout
Schools across Stout average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Union Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Manchester Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Valley Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Valley Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Portsmouth West Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Lewis County Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Portsmouth West High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- West Union High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stout school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stout 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 Stout against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stout
Is Stout a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stout ranks 37,924th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, cheap car insurance, and low taxes, and lowest on empty homes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stout expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $132,019. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $61,106 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Stout safe?
Stout is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $303 per resident a year.
Compare Stout with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stout. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stout 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.
Stout detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stout: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stout: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stout: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stout: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stout 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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