Best PlacesTipp City, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tipp City, 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.
Tipp City ranks 2,123rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tipp City
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.
Tipp City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tipp City ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Tipp City ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tipp City
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tipp City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,982, 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 Tipp City's effective rate of 1.26%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tipp City
Tipp City's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tipp City.
Who works in Tipp City, and how
Work in Tipp City centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Tipp City
Tipp City has more parkland per resident than 80% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Tipp City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tipp City, month by month
Tipp City sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, 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 | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Tipp City
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 67 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tipp City
Schools across Tipp City average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Concord Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- L. T. Ball Intermediate SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Miami East ElementaryA+ · 77% proficient
Top middle schools
- Miami East Junior High SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Tippecanoe Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Bethel Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Miami East High SchoolA · 77% proficient
- Bethel High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Tippecanoe High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tipp City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tipp City 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 Tipp City against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Tipp City suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 83% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Tipp City
Is Tipp City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tipp City ranks 2,123rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, cell coverage, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tipp City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $309,811. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $96,982 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Tipp City safe?
Yes, Tipp City is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $162 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Tipp City?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 22. That works out to about 58 pleasant days a year, more than 5% of towns.
Is Tipp City good for families?
Schools beat 95% of towns, crime safety beats 92%, and childcare runs $765 a month.
Compare Tipp City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tipp City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tipp City 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.
Tipp City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tipp City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tipp City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tipp City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tipp City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tipp City 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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