Best PlacesThe Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville ranks 200th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville
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.
The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville's strengths and weaknesses
Where The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
Where The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $141,438, 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 The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville's effective rate of 1.28%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville
The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville 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 The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville.
Who works in The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville, and how
Work in The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville centers on manufacturing and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville
The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville has more parkland per resident than 90% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville, month by month
The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 32 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville
Schools across The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville average an A, better than 96% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Northwood ElementaryA+ · 80% proficient
- Mill Valley Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Navin Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Creekview Intermediate Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Marysville High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville 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 The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville
Is The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville ranks 200th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low crime, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on internet speeds and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $355,910. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $141,438 median income, cost of living beats 98% of neighborhoods.
Is The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville safe?
Yes, The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville is safer than 99% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $144 per resident a year.
Compare The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville 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.
The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville 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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