Best PlacesTuscarawas County, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Tuscarawas County, 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.
Tuscarawas County ranks 701st of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tuscarawas County
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 best areas in Tuscarawas County
The parts of Tuscarawas County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Dover
More adults hold degrees, crime runs lower, and advertised internet is faster.
Strasburg & Dundee
More households have young kids and local pay stretches further.
New Philadelphia
Streets are more walkable, though tree cover is thinner.
Sugarcreek
Scores close to New Philadelphia, except that it is quieter here.
Bolivar & Mineral City
Fewer homes sit empty, though incomes run lower.
Uhrichsville & Dennison
Homes cost less, though schools score lower.
Newcomerstown
Prices have run up more and health outcomes score lower.
Scores across Tuscarawas County run from about the 15th to the 89th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Tuscarawas County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tuscarawas County ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of counties
- School gradeA−, better than 90% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of counties
Where Tuscarawas County ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of counties
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 20% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 25% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 30% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Tuscarawas County
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tuscarawas County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,791, 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 Tuscarawas County's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 Tuscarawas County
Tuscarawas County's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Tuscarawas County.
Who works in Tuscarawas County, and how
Work in Tuscarawas County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Tuscarawas County
Tuscarawas County has more parkland per resident than 70% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Tuscarawas County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Tuscarawas County growing, and who is moving in?
Tuscarawas County has lost about 1% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Canton, OH.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Tuscarawas County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Tuscarawas County, month by month
Tuscarawas County sees roughly 67 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° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Tuscarawas County
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tuscarawas County
Schools across Tuscarawas County average an A−, better than 90% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Dover Avenue Elementary SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Ragersville Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Port Washington Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tuscarawas Valley Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Central Elementary SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Joseph Welty Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Tuscarawas Valley High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Dover High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Indian Valley High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tuscarawas County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tuscarawas County 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 Tuscarawas County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Tuscarawas County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Tuscarawas County
Is Tuscarawas County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tuscarawas County ranks 701st of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, fast internet, and low disaster risk, and lowest on the weather and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tuscarawas County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,891. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $68,791 median income, cost of living beats 64% of counties.
Is Tuscarawas County safe?
Yes, Tuscarawas County is safer than 66% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $280 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Tuscarawas County?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 22. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 16% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Tuscarawas County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Dover, Strasburg & Dundee, and New Philadelphia. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Tuscarawas County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tuscarawas County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tuscarawas County 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.
Tuscarawas County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tuscarawas County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tuscarawas County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tuscarawas County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tuscarawas County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tuscarawas County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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