Best PlacesXenia, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Xenia, 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.
Xenia ranks 954th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Xenia
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.
Xenia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Xenia ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of cities
- QuietBetter than 76% of cities
- School gradeB+, better than 73% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 68% of cities
Where Xenia ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 20% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 26% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Xenia
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Xenia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,858, 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 Xenia's effective rate of 1.31%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Xenia
Xenia runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Xenia.
Who works in Xenia, and how
Work in Xenia centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Xenia
Xenia has more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Xenia and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Xenia, month by month
Xenia sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, 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 | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Xenia
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Xenia
Schools across Xenia average a B+, better than 73% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Trebein Elementary SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Cedarville Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Fairbrook Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bellbrook Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Jacob Coy Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Herman K Ankeney Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top high schools
- Bellbrook High SchoolA · 78% proficient
- Beavercreek High SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Yellow Springs/mckinney High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Xenia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Xenia 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 Xenia against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Xenia suits
Common questions about living in Xenia
Is Xenia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Xenia ranks 954th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and quiet, and lowest on transit and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Xenia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $223,199. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $87,858 median income, cost of living beats 52% of cities.
Is Xenia safe?
Yes, Xenia is safer than 61% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $269 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Xenia?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 22. That works out to about 66 pleasant days a year, more than 18% of cities.
Is Xenia good for families?
Schools beat 73% of cities, crime safety beats 61%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Xenia with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Xenia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Xenia 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.
Xenia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Xenia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Xenia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Xenia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Xenia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Xenia 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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