Best PlacesWadsworth, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wadsworth, 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.
Wadsworth ranks 339th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wadsworth
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.
Wadsworth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wadsworth ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 99% of cities
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of cities
Where Wadsworth ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 11% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 29% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 33% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 34% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Wadsworth
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wadsworth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,036, 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 Wadsworth's effective rate of 1.14%, 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 Wadsworth
Wadsworth's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wadsworth.
Who works in Wadsworth, and how
Work in Wadsworth centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wadsworth
Wadsworth has more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Wadsworth and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wadsworth, month by month
Wadsworth sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Wadsworth
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 26 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wadsworth
Schools across Wadsworth average an A+, better than 98% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Sharon Elementary SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Arrowhead Primary Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Franklin Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- Highland Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Central Intermediate SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Copley-fairlawn Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Highland High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Wadsworth High SchoolA · 79% proficient
- Copley High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wadsworth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wadsworth 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 Wadsworth against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Wadsworth suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 70% of cities and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Wadsworth
Is Wadsworth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wadsworth ranks 339th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and civic engagement, and lowest on biking and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wadsworth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $286,293. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $96,036 median income, cost of living beats 70% of cities.
Is Wadsworth safe?
Yes, Wadsworth is safer than 86% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $187 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wadsworth?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 22. That works out to about 89 pleasant days a year, more than 52% of cities.
Is Wadsworth good for families?
Schools beat 98% of cities, crime safety beats 86%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Wadsworth with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wadsworth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wadsworth 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.
Wadsworth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wadsworth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wadsworth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wadsworth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wadsworth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wadsworth 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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