State place rankings
Best Places in Ohio
Compare places by General Quality score or population. Each place links to its sourced facts, scores, and local summary.
General Quality score
Best overall places
- st
Rocky River, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 21,397
- Median home value
- $349,300
- nd
Powell, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 18,269
- Median home value
- $561,500
- rd
Pepper Pike, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 6,886
- Median home value
- $579,600
- th
Lakewood, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 49,027
- Median home value
- $262,200
- th
Avon Lake, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 26,486
- Median home value
- $368,300
- th
Beavercreek, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 48,134
- Median home value
- $279,600
- th
Dublin, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 49,094
- Median home value
- $563,500
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 19,755
- Median home value
- $316,700
- th
Avon, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 25,611
- Median home value
- $395,900
- th
Wyoming, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 8,807
- Median home value
- $430,000
- th
Solon, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 23,679
- Median home value
- $392,900
- th
Strongsville, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 45,629
- Median home value
- $298,300
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 35,893
- Median home value
- $595,600
- th
Westlake, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 33,904
- Median home value
- $368,200
- th
Perrysburg, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 25,441
- Median home value
- $329,700
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 16,748
- Median home value
- $239,100
- th
Madeira, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 9,637
- Median home value
- $484,200
- th
Mason, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 35,834
- Median home value
- $426,200
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 28,466
- Median home value
- $303,200
- th
Wadsworth, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 24,720
- Median home value
- $247,900
- st
Bay Village, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 15,792
- Median home value
- $353,000
- nd
Bellbrook, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 7,563
- Median home value
- $264,300
- rd
Mentor, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 47,010
- Median home value
- $247,700
- th
Hudson, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 23,085
- Median home value
- $466,500
- th
Brecksville, OH
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 13,843
- Median home value
- $371,900
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by General Quality score. General Quality is a balanced livability composite spanning safety, affordability, healthcare, climate, education, jobs, mobility, outdoors, taxes, and other core factors.
Largest to smallest
Population-ranked places
- st
Columbus, OH
City
- Population
- 938,396
- Median home value
- $252,900
- Median rent
- $1,295
- nd
Cleveland, OH
City
- Population
- 363,608
- Median home value
- $102,000
- Median rent
- $945
- rd
Cincinnati, OH
City
- Population
- 314,367
- Median home value
- $230,900
- Median rent
- $1,001
- th
Toledo, OH
City
- Population
- 263,423
- Median home value
- $114,500
- Median rent
- $901
- th
Akron, OH
City
- Population
- 189,691
- Median home value
- $122,000
- Median rent
- $955
- th
Dayton, OH
City
- Population
- 136,688
- Median home value
- $100,600
- Median rent
- $918
- th
Parma, OH
City
- Population
- 78,581
- Median home value
- $170,100
- Median rent
- $1,087
- th
Canton, OH
City
- Population
- 69,001
- Median home value
- $97,800
- Median rent
- $850
- th
Lorain, OH
City
- Population
- 65,366
- Median home value
- $139,200
- Median rent
- $887
- th
Hamilton, OH
City
- Population
- 64,644
- Median home value
- $165,200
- Median rent
- $1,007
- th
Youngstown, OH
City
- Population
- 58,832
- Median home value
- $63,300
- Median rent
- $728
- th
Springfield, OH
City
- Population
- 58,281
- Median home value
- $116,800
- Median rent
- $851
- th
Kettering, OH
City
- Population
- 57,396
- Median home value
- $208,500
- Median rent
- $1,051
- th
Elyria, OH
City
- Population
- 53,634
- Median home value
- $156,100
- Median rent
- $906
- th
Middletown, OH
City
- Population
- 52,146
- Median home value
- $164,400
- Median rent
- $1,007
- th
Newark, OH
City
- Population
- 51,473
- Median home value
- $192,300
- Median rent
- $973
- th
- Population
- 50,975
- Median home value
- $183,300
- Median rent
- $1,038
- th
Dublin, OH
City
- Population
- 49,094
- Median home value
- $563,500
- Median rent
- $1,686
- th
Lakewood, OH
City
- Population
- 49,027
- Median home value
- $262,200
- Median rent
- $1,070
- th
Beavercreek, OH
City
- Population
- 48,134
- Median home value
- $279,600
- Median rent
- $1,457
- st
Euclid, OH
City
- Population
- 47,962
- Median home value
- $126,500
- Median rent
- $1,025
- nd
Mansfield, OH
City
- Population
- 47,381
- Median home value
- $119,600
- Median rent
- $814
- rd
Mentor, OH
City
- Population
- 47,010
- Median home value
- $247,700
- Median rent
- $1,239
- th
Delaware, OH
City
- Population
- 46,636
- Median home value
- $318,400
- Median rent
- $1,286
- th
Strongsville, OH
City
- Population
- 45,629
- Median home value
- $298,300
- Median rent
- $1,302
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by their latest available population estimate. Incorporated places and census-designated places are both eligible when they appear in the published location data.
Annual Census population estimates are used where available; ACS place estimates fill coverage gaps.