Best PlacesValleyview, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Valleyview, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Valleyview ranks 44,162nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Valleyview
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.
Valleyview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Valleyview ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
Where Valleyview ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Valleyview
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Valleyview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,831, 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 Valleyview's effective rate of 1.51%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Valleyview
Valleyview runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Valleyview.
Who works in Valleyview, and how
Work in Valleyview centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, 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 Valleyview
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Valleyview.
What the weather is like in Valleyview, month by month
Valleyview sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Valleyview
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 10 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 Valleyview
Schools across Valleyview average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ecole Kenwood French ImmersionB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Columbus City Preparatory School For GirlsC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Columbus North International School (7-12)D · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Valleyview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Valleyview 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 Valleyview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Valleyview
Is Valleyview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Valleyview ranks 44,162nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, transit, and walkability, and lowest on noise and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Valleyview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $124,139. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $52,831 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Valleyview safe?
Valleyview is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $669 per resident a year.
Compare Valleyview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Valleyview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Valleyview 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.
Valleyview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Valleyview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Valleyview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Valleyview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Valleyview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Valleyview 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.