Best PlacesSugar Tree Ridge, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sugar Tree Ridge, 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.
Sugar Tree Ridge ranks 20,939th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sugar Tree Ridge
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.
Sugar Tree Ridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sugar Tree Ridge ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Sugar Tree Ridge ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sugar Tree Ridge
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sugar Tree Ridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,199, 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 Sugar Tree Ridge's effective rate of 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Sugar Tree Ridge
Sugar Tree Ridge runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sugar Tree Ridge.
Who works in Sugar Tree Ridge, and how
Work in Sugar Tree Ridge centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sugar Tree Ridge
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sugar Tree Ridge.
What the weather is like in Sugar Tree Ridge, month by month
Sugar Tree Ridge sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Sugar Tree Ridge
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 54 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Sugar Tree Ridge
Schools across Sugar Tree Ridge average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bright Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hillsboro Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Whiteoak Junior High SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Hillsboro High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Whiteoak High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sugar Tree Ridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sugar Tree Ridge 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 Sugar Tree Ridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sugar Tree Ridge
Is Sugar Tree Ridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sugar Tree Ridge ranks 20,939th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and good schools, and lowest on health outcomes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sugar Tree Ridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $237,244. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $63,199 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Sugar Tree Ridge safe?
Yes, Sugar Tree Ridge is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
Compare Sugar Tree Ridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sugar Tree Ridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sugar Tree Ridge 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.
Sugar Tree Ridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sugar Tree Ridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sugar Tree Ridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sugar Tree Ridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sugar Tree Ridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sugar Tree Ridge 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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