Best PlacesUnity, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Unity, 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.
Unity ranks 6,483rd 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 Unity
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.
Unity's strengths and weaknesses
Where Unity ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Unity ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 24% of towns
- Short commute31.0 minutes each way, better than only 28% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 29% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 32% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Unity
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Unity home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,626, 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 Unity'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 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 Unity
Unity runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Unity.
Who works in Unity, and how
Work in Unity centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Unity
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Unity.
What the weather is like in Unity, month by month
Unity sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 85° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Unity
Pittsburgh International sits about 31 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Unity
Schools across Unity average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Palestine Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Palestine Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- East Palestine High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Unity school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Unity 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 Unity against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Unity
Is Unity a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Unity ranks 6,483rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and what local pay buys, and lowest on health outcomes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Unity expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,770. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $97,626 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Unity safe?
Yes, Unity is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $240 per resident a year.
Compare Unity with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Unity. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Unity 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.
Unity detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Unity: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Unity: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Unity: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Unity: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Unity 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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