These Are The 10 Best Suburbs In Ohio For 2018

Are you sick of being a city slicker?

Do you long for life in suburban Ohio? Where you can drive your overly-large vehicle to the store for groceries, and schlep the kids around to practices and appointments without worrying about a parking space?

We do too.

Public transportation is…icky at times. When you have to call an Uber to get to urgent care on a Friday night, that gets old after a while.

So, the question is, if you wanted to move out to the suburbs of Columbus, where would you go? And how would you decide on the ranking factors to help you pick which Ohio suburb was best?

No worries. We got it all figured out here.

These are the 10 best suburbs in the Buckeye State:

1. Grandview Heights (Photos)
2. Powell (Photos)
3. Upper Arlington (Photos)
4. Wyoming (Photos)
5. Pepper Pike (Photos)
6. Worthington (Photos)
7. Montgomery (Photos)
8. Dublin (Photos)
9. Granville (Photos)
10. Highland Heights (Photos)

Grandview Heights is the place to be when it comes to being a soccer mom in suburban Ohio.

So if you’re thinking of packing up your mini van and making a move to a quiet place to live in Ohio, we’ve got you covered.

Keep on reading for a detailed methodology. Or, check out the best places to live in Ohio and the best places to raise a family in Ohio.

How do you determine which suburb is the best in Ohio anyways?

To give you the best suburbs in Ohio, we have to look at a handful of metrics. Of course, we want to measure the type of people who live in each city, and make some assumptions about what’s a “best city” and what isn’t.

So we researched the internet for a database that contains all that information.

How we crunched the suburb numbers for the Buckeye State

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using U.S. Census data produced for the state of Ohio, we looked at every town between 5,000 and 200,000 residents, and within 30 miles of a city that’s over 200,000 people (In other words, suburbs).

We paid particular attention to:

• Median Home Values
• Median Income
• Population Density (Higher is Better)
• Unemployment Rates
• Commute Time
• Education Levels
• Health Insurance Coverage
• Poverty Rates

We ranked each suburb in Ohio across a number of criteria from one to 129, with one being the best.

We then took the average rank across all criteria, with the town posting the lowest overall score being crowned the winner of the title “Best Suburb To Live In Ohio”.

The result is some of the safest, quiet, and awesome places to live in Ohio

Read on to see why Grandview Heights is the ‘burb with the most, while Middletown is probably not the best place to live in Ohio.

1. Grandview Heights

Population: 7,191
Median Income: $95,938
Median Home Price: $295,400
Grandview Heights is located 2 miles west of Columbus.

2. Powell

Population: 12,436
Median Income: $132,917
Median Home Price: $348,000
Powell is located 13 miles north of Columbus.

3. Upper Arlington

Population: 34,675
Median Income: $102,094
Median Home Price: $338,000
Upper Arlington is located 5 miles west of Columbus.

4. Wyoming

Population: 8,484
Median Income: $120,676
Median Home Price: $305,900
Wyoming is located 6 miles north of Cincinnati.

5. Pepper Pike

Population: 6,150
Median Income: $164,471
Median Home Price: $421,500
Pepper Pike is located 11 miles east of Cleveland.

6. Worthington

Population: 14,155
Median Income: $91,075
Median Home Price: $251,400
Worthington is located 8 miles north of Columbus.

7. Montgomery

Population: 10,440
Median Income: $108,469
Median Home Price: $332,900
Montgomery is located 11 miles east of Cincinnati.

8. Dublin

Population: 43,874
Median Income: $125,540
Median Home Price: $352,300
Dublin is located 12 miles west of Columbus.

9. Granville

Population: 5,725
Median Income: $92,109
Median Home Price: $323,400
Granville is located 25 miles east of Columbus.

10. Highland Heights

Population: 8,366
Median Income: $101,875
Median Home Price: $246,700
Highland Heights is located 11 miles east of Cleveland.

There You Have It – The Best Suburbs In Ohio

Here’s a look at the worst suburbs in Ohio according to the data:

1. Middletown
2. Hamilton
3. Warrensville Heights

For more Ohio reading, check out:

• 10 Worst Places To Live In Ohio
• 10 Safest Places In Ohio
• 10 Most Dangerous Cities In Ohio

Detailed List Of The Best Suburbs In Ohio

City	Rank	Population	Median Income	Median Home Price
Grandview Heights	1	7,191	$95,938	$295,400
Powell	2	12,436	$132,917	$348,000
Upper Arlington	3	34,675	$102,094	$338,000
Wyoming	4	8,484	$120,676	$305,900
Pepper Pike	5	6,150	$164,471	$421,500
Worthington	6	14,155	$91,075	$251,400
Montgomery	7	10,440	$108,469	$332,900
Dublin	8	43,874	$125,540	$352,300
Granville	9	5,725	$92,109	$323,400
Highland Heights	10	8,366	$101,875	$246,700
Brecksville	11	13,470	$98,345	$256,000
New Albany	12	9,384	$191,375	$492,400
Mason	13	32,025	$92,819	$230,100
Perrysburg	14	21,367	$84,508	$194,200
Bexley	15	13,534	$101,736	$291,900
Solon	16	23,085	$96,976	$273,800
Westerville	17	38,089	$85,230	$207,900
Hilliard	18	33,108	$92,727	$213,000
Rocky River	19	20,211	$65,226	$215,800
Hudson	20	22,282	$126,618	$313,300
Madeira	21	8,924	$91,810	$249,700
Independence	22	7,115	$84,900	$222,600
Oakwood	23	9,077	$96,790	$228,700
Waterville	24	5,496	$79,293	$175,500
Westlake	25	32,408	$80,989	$236,400
Kirtland	26	6,802	$76,691	$271,400
Gahanna	27	34,373	$73,535	$195,100
Lyndhurst	28	13,736	$65,921	$138,800
Loveland	29	12,641	$69,355	$172,900
Beachwood	30	11,786	$88,287	$274,400
Seven Hills	31	11,697	$73,948	$164,100
Macedonia	32	11,595	$86,061	$189,700
Twinsburg	33	18,851	$73,314	$210,100
Avon Lake	34	23,221	$80,884	$225,600
Blue Ash	35	12,154	$72,628	$233,200
Pickerington	36	19,379	$84,410	$184,500
Strongsville	37	44,622	$80,323	$194,000
Stow	38	34,746	$66,079	$166,200
Mentor	39	46,896	$70,058	$167,100
Olmsted Falls	40	8,889	$62,058	$145,700
University Heights	41	13,273	$65,143	$154,600
Aurora	42	15,712	$84,135	$241,800
Marysville	43	22,860	$62,371	$166,200
Maumee	44	14,018	$63,043	$128,900
Munroe Falls	45	5,055	$62,855	$160,200
Rossford	46	6,514	$61,485	$132,100
Sylvania	47	18,882	$72,936	$165,900
Avon	48	22,289	$90,846	$262,100
Shaker Heights	49	27,773	$79,519	$213,100
North Ridgeville	50	31,832	$68,778	$160,300
Deer Park	51	5,707	$49,102	$121,400
Brunswick	52	34,578	$64,706	$159,400
Berea	53	18,949	$57,896	$129,000
Fairlawn	54	7,477	$65,521	$174,700
Harrison	55	10,522	$61,343	$139,500
Chardon	56	5,194	$60,845	$167,500
Amherst	57	12,058	$66,731	$146,200
Groveport	58	5,500	$56,750	$144,300
Wickliffe	59	12,718	$51,018	$117,200
Canal Winchester	60	7,774	$78,718	$173,900
Medina	61	26,445	$60,706	$160,700
Willoughby	62	22,495	$53,324	$144,300
Fairview Park	63	16,473	$54,431	$145,500
Broadview Heights	64	19,257	$77,480	$217,600
Tallmadge	65	17,488	$59,863	$156,400
Willowick	66	14,131	$54,493	$117,400
Streetsboro	67	16,224	$58,511	$144,300
Delaware	68	37,554	$58,472	$161,100
Willoughby Hills	69	9,497	$61,276	$244,100
Bowling Green	70	31,641	$33,562	$157,900
Mentor-On-The-Lake	71	7,404	$50,040	$125,400
Lakewood	72	50,866	$47,145	$134,000
Lebanon	73	20,536	$61,669	$163,800
Middleburg Heights	74	15,724	$58,810	$157,500
Cuyahoga Falls	75	49,353	$51,586	$120,000
Monroe	76	13,552	$72,982	$162,800
Reynoldsburg	77	36,995	$61,648	$142,600
Eastlake	78	18,342	$51,462	$122,300
South Euclid	79	21,865	$59,734	$100,100
Amelia	80	5,132	$52,628	$141,200
North Olmsted	81	32,108	$61,444	$146,900
Oxford	82	21,941	$29,451	$185,900
Cleveland Heights	83	45,160	$53,901	$127,700
Fairfield	84	42,640	$60,336	$146,800
Oberlin	85	8,353	$51,404	$145,000
Parma	86	80,088	$51,383	$107,500
North Royalton	87	30,302	$66,189	$193,100
Grafton	88	6,075	$52,545	$135,000
Mayfield Heights	89	18,878	$45,875	$141,700
Pataskala	90	15,225	$69,574	$162,900
Northwood	91	5,337	$57,488	$108,300
Kent	92	29,761	$36,539	$139,900
Oregon	93	20,137	$55,157	$130,200
Richmond Heights	94	10,476	$51,212	$137,700
Bedford	95	12,782	$41,285	$91,500
Sharonville	96	13,782	$52,934	$141,900
Sheffield Lake	97	9,055	$58,153	$109,500
Milford	98	6,833	$38,418	$152,700
Reading	99	10,342	$44,271	$116,800
London	100	10,058	$48,504	$125,700