Best PlacesAnna, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Anna, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Anna ranks 4,733rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Anna
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.
Anna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Anna ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- Short commute19.5 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
Where Anna ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 23% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 29% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 30% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Anna
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Anna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,758, 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 Anna's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Anna
Anna runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Anna.
Who works in Anna, and how
Work in Anna centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Anna
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Anna.
What the weather is like in Anna, month by month
Anna sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Anna
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 74 miles away.
The best schools in and around Anna
Schools across Anna average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Bremen Elementary SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Fort Loramie Elementary SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Anna Elementary SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
Top middle schools
- Anna Middle SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Sidney Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Fort Loramie Junior-senior High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Anna High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Botkins High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Anna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Anna 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 Anna against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Anna
Is Anna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Anna ranks 4,733rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and cell coverage, and lowest on tree cover and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Anna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,312. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $84,758 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Anna safe?
Yes, Anna is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $254 per resident a year.
Compare Anna with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Anna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Anna 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.
Anna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Anna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Anna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Anna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Anna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Anna 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.