Best PlacesSuffield, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Suffield, 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.
Suffield ranks 6,407th 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 Suffield
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.
Suffield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Suffield ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
Where Suffield ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Suffield
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Suffield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,058, 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 Suffield's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 Suffield
Suffield 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 Suffield.
Who works in Suffield, and how
Work in Suffield centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Suffield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Suffield.
What the weather is like in Suffield, month by month
Suffield sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Suffield
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 37 miles away.
The best schools in and around Suffield
Schools across Suffield average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Suffield Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Field Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Field High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Suffield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Suffield 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 Suffield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Suffield
Is Suffield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Suffield ranks 6,407th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, few empty homes, and civic engagement, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Suffield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $224,653. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $83,058 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Suffield safe?
Yes, Suffield is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $202 per resident a year.
Compare Suffield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Suffield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Suffield 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.
Suffield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Suffield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Suffield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Suffield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Suffield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Suffield 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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