Best PlacesVanatta, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vanatta, 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.
Vanatta ranks 7,335th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vanatta
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.
Vanatta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vanatta ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
Where Vanatta ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 25% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vanatta
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vanatta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,823, 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 Vanatta's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vanatta
Vanatta runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Vanatta.
Who works in Vanatta, and how
Work in Vanatta 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 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Vanatta
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vanatta.
What the weather is like in Vanatta, month by month
Vanatta sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Vanatta
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 26 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 Vanatta
Schools across Vanatta average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newton Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Hillview Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Utica Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Heritage Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Newark High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Utica High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vanatta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vanatta 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 Vanatta against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vanatta
Is Vanatta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vanatta ranks 7,335th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and low disaster risk, and lowest on the weather and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vanatta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $238,904. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $79,823 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Vanatta safe?
Yes, Vanatta is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $181 per resident a year.
Compare Vanatta with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vanatta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vanatta 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.
Vanatta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vanatta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vanatta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vanatta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vanatta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vanatta 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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