Best PlacesAlger, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Alger, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Alger ranks 36,208th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Alger
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.
Alger's strengths and weaknesses
Where Alger ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 74% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 71% of towns
Where Alger ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$47,981 median, better than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Alger
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Alger home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,981, 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 Alger's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Alger
Alger runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Alger.
Who works in Alger, and how
Work in Alger centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Alger
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Alger.
What the weather is like in Alger, month by month
Alger sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Alger
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 59 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Alger
Schools across Alger average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hardin Northern Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Upper Scioto Valley Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Upper Scioto Valley Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Hardin Northern High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Upper Scioto Valley High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Alger school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Alger 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 Alger against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Alger
Is Alger a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Alger ranks 36,208th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and quiet, and lowest on health outcomes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Alger expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,326. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $47,981 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Alger safe?
Alger is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $355 per resident a year.
Compare Alger with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Alger. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Alger 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.
Alger detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Alger: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Alger: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Alger: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Alger: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Alger 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.