Best PlacesAlvada, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Alvada, 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.
Alvada ranks 11,529th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Alvada
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.
Alvada's strengths and weaknesses
Where Alvada ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
Where Alvada ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Alvada
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Alvada home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,190, 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 Alvada's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Alvada
Alvada runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Alvada.
Who works in Alvada, and how
Work in Alvada centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Alvada
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Alvada.
What the weather is like in Alvada, month by month
Alvada sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Alvada
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Alvada
Schools across Alvada average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hopewell-loudon Local Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Arcadia Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- New Riegel Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Arcadia Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Hopewell-loudon Local High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- New Riegel High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Arcadia High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Alvada school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Alvada 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 Alvada against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Alvada
Is Alvada a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Alvada ranks 11,529th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, few empty homes, and good schools, and lowest on a weak job market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Alvada expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $184,558. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $77,190 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Alvada safe?
Yes, Alvada is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $176 per resident a year.
Compare Alvada with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Alvada. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Alvada 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.
Alvada detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Alvada: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Alvada: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Alvada: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Alvada: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Alvada 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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