Cincinnati

39 cities and suburbs across Cincinnati, each scored out of 100 on the same national scales. The metro's median home is $258,600 and its mean commute 24.7 min. Fort Thomas scores highest overall at 73. Erlanger leads on cost of living.

Places

Median score

Poll responses

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Coverage

39 places
in Cincinnati

One of 50 metros graded so far, on the same national scales.

10 mi

20 mi

30 mi

Downtown Cincinnati

Fort Thomas

Blue Ash

Mason

Francisville

Florence

Burlington

Springboro

Erlanger

Independence

Monroe

Norwood

Bridgetown

Mack

Sharonville

Lebanon

Harrison

Monfort Heights

Fairfield

Covington

White Oak

Dent

Finneytown

Oxford

Northbrook

Amelia

Forest Park

Middletown

Trenton

Hamilton

Dot size = overall scoreA B C D Positions plotted from place centroids · rings measured from Downtown Cincinnati

Every suburb of Cincinnati, ranked

#	Place	Score	Hous	Scho	Cost	Comm	Amen	Empl	Resi
1	Fort Thomas	73 B	C	A	C+	B+	B	B−	—
2	Blue Ash	73 B	B−	B+	C−	B+	B	B+	—
3	Montgomery	73 B	A−	B+	D−	B	B	B+	—
4	Oakbrook	71 B−	B	A−	B	C−	C+	B−	—
5	Mason	69 B−	B+	B−	D+	C+	C+	B+	—
6	Francisville	68 B−	B+	B+	C+	C	F	A	—
7	Florence	68 B−	D+	A−	B+	C+	B	C−	—
8	Burlington	67 C+	C+	B+	B	C+	D	B−	—
9	Springboro	66 C+	B	B−	C	C	C−	B	—
10	Forestville	66 C+	C+	A−	D	C+	B	C	—
11	Erlanger	65 C+	D+	C	A−	B	B−	C	—
12	Alexandria	65 C+	C+	B+	B−	D+	D−	B−	—
13	Loveland	65 C+	C+	B−	C	C−	C+	B−	—
14	Independence	64 C+	C+	B	B	D+	D	C+	—
15	Monroe	64 C+	B−	C+	C+	C+	D	B−	—
16	Newport	61 C	D−	D	B	A	A	F	—
17	Norwood	60 C	D−	D−	B	B+	B+	C−	—
18	Bridgetown	60 C	C−	C	B−	C−	C	C	—
19	Mack	60 C	B	C−	—	C−	F	B−	—
20	Sharonville	59 C	D+	D−	B	B	C+	C+	—
21	Lebanon	59 C	C−	C	C+	C	D+	C+	—
22	Harrison	58 C	C	D+	C+	D+	D+	B	—
23	Reading	58 C	D−	D	B	A−	C−	D+	—
24	Monfort Heights	58 C	C−	D−	C+	C+	C−	C+	—
25	Fairfield	57 C−	D+	D	B−	C	C+	D+	—
26	Covington	57 C−	F	C	B	B	C−	D	—
27	White Oak	56 C−	D+	F	B−	C+	B−	C−	—
28	Dent	55 C−	C	D+	C+	C−	F	C	—
29	Springdale	54 C−	D−	D−	B−	B	B−	D−	—
30	Finneytown	54 C−	C+	F	C−	B−	C+	C−	—
31	Cincinnati	54 C−	F	F	B−	B	A	F	—
32	Oxford	52 D+	F	C−	B−	B+	C+	F	—
33	Northbrook	52 D+	D+	F	C+	C	B	C−	—
34	Franklin	51 D+	D−	C−	B	C	D	D−	—
35	Amelia	50 D+	D	D	B	F	C−	C	—
36	Forest Park	49 D+	D	F	C	C+	C	C−	—
37	Middletown	47 D	F	F	B−	C−	C+	F	—
38	Trenton	47 D	C	D−	B−	F	F	D+	—
39	Hamilton	46 D	F	F	B−	C−	C−	F	—

— for Residents: fewer than 8 poll responses, so the category is not yet counted. Those places' overall scores are computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. 39 of 39 are currently below the threshold.

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5 guides

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