Best PlacesZanesville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Zanesville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Zanesville ranks 1,745th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Zanesville
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.
The best areas in Zanesville
The parts of Zanesville, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
McIntire Terrace Historic District
Brighton Historic District
Putnam Historic District
Scores across Zanesville run from about the 3rd to the 69th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Zanesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Zanesville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of cities
- Cheap childcare$764 a month, better than 84% of cities
- QuietBetter than 74% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 73% of cities
Where Zanesville ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of cities
- Household income$58,043 median, better than only 6% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 13% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Zanesville
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Zanesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,043, 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 Zanesville's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 Zanesville
Zanesville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Zanesville.
Who works in Zanesville, and how
Work in Zanesville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Zanesville
Zanesville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities and more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Zanesville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Zanesville, month by month
Zanesville 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 Zanesville
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 47 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 Zanesville
Schools across Zanesville average a B−, better than 52% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Nashport Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Larry Miller Intermediate Elementary SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Adamsville Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Muskingum Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Tri-valley Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- West Muskingum Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- John Glenn High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Tri-valley High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Philo High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Zanesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Zanesville 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 Zanesville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Zanesville suits
Common questions about living in Zanesville
Is Zanesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Zanesville ranks 1,745th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and affordable childcare, and lowest on health outcomes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Zanesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $168,018. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $58,043 median income, cost of living beats 13% of cities.
Is Zanesville safe?
Zanesville is safer than 24% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $362 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Zanesville?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 23. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 15% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Zanesville?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are McIntire Terrace Historic District, Brighton Historic District, and Putnam Historic District. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Zanesville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Zanesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Zanesville 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.
Zanesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Zanesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Zanesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Zanesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Zanesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Zanesville 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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