Best PlacesWhite Cottage, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around White Cottage, 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.
White Cottage ranks 12,880th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in White Cottage
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.
White Cottage's strengths and weaknesses
Where White Cottage ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 81% of towns
Where White Cottage ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Short commute29.2 minutes each way, better than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in White Cottage
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median White Cottage home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,213, 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 White Cottage's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 White Cottage
White Cottage runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 White Cottage.
Who works in White Cottage, and how
Work in White Cottage centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in White Cottage
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across White Cottage.
What the weather is like in White Cottage, month by month
White Cottage sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of White Cottage
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 43 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 White Cottage
Schools across White Cottage average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Muskingum Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Maysville Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Muskingum Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
- Maysville Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Maysville High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- West Muskingum High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every White Cottage school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
White Cottage 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 White Cottage against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in White Cottage
Is White Cottage a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, White Cottage ranks 12,880th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, what local pay buys, and low taxes, 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 White Cottage expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,287. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $92,213 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is White Cottage safe?
White Cottage is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $297 per resident a year.
Compare White Cottage with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to White Cottage. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in White Cottage 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.
White Cottage detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for White Cottage: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in White Cottage: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of White Cottage: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in White Cottage: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
White Cottage 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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