Best PlacesVilla Nova, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Villa Nova, 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.
Villa Nova ranks 20,409th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Villa Nova
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.
Villa Nova's strengths and weaknesses
Where Villa Nova ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 78% of towns
- Short commute22.9 minutes each way, better than 75% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 74% of towns
Where Villa Nova ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 30% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 31% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Villa Nova
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Villa Nova home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,549, 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 Villa Nova's effective rate of 1.02%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Villa Nova
Villa Nova runs older than the country, 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 Villa Nova.
Who works in Villa Nova, and how
Work in Villa Nova centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Villa Nova
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Villa Nova.
What the weather is like in Villa Nova, month by month
Villa Nova sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Villa Nova
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Villa Nova
Schools across Villa Nova average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- St Marys West Intermediate SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Celina Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- St. Marys Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Celina Intermediate Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- St Marys Memorial High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Celina High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Villa Nova school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Villa Nova 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 Villa Nova against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Villa Nova
Is Villa Nova a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Villa Nova ranks 20,409th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and health care access, and lowest on a weak job market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Villa Nova expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $213,969. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $66,549 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Villa Nova safe?
Villa Nova is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
Compare Villa Nova with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Villa Nova. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Villa Nova 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.
Villa Nova detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Villa Nova: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Villa Nova: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Villa Nova: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Villa Nova: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Villa Nova 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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