Best PlacesWoodstock, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodstock, 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.
Woodstock ranks 10,090th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Woodstock
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.
Woodstock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodstock ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Woodstock ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 23% of towns
- Short commute31.3 minutes each way, better than only 27% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodstock
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodstock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,512, 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 Woodstock's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 Woodstock
Woodstock runs younger than the country, 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 Woodstock.
Who works in Woodstock, and how
Work in Woodstock centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, 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 Woodstock
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Woodstock.
What the weather is like in Woodstock, month by month
Woodstock sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Woodstock
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 36 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 Woodstock
Schools across Woodstock average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fairbanks Elementary SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Dohron Wilson Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Triad Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mechanicsburg Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Fairbanks Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Triad Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Mechanicsburg High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Fairbanks High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Triad High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodstock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodstock 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 Woodstock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodstock
Is Woodstock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodstock ranks 10,090th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodstock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $260,858. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $80,512 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Woodstock safe?
Woodstock is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $260 per resident a year.
Compare Woodstock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodstock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodstock 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.
Woodstock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodstock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodstock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodstock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodstock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodstock 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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