Best PlacesArchbold, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Archbold, 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.
Archbold ranks 5,357th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Archbold
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.
Archbold's strengths and weaknesses
Where Archbold ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- Short commute15.1 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Archbold ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Archbold
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Archbold home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,783, 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 Archbold's effective rate of 1.26%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Archbold
Archbold runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Archbold.
Who works in Archbold, and how
Work in Archbold centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Archbold
Archbold has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Archbold and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Archbold, month by month
Archbold sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Archbold
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Archbold
Schools across Archbold average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Archbold Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Pettisville Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Stryker Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
Top middle schools
- Archbold Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
Top high schools
- Pettisville High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Archbold High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Stryker High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Archbold school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Archbold 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 Archbold against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Archbold
Is Archbold a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Archbold ranks 5,357th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and short commutes, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Archbold expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,794. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $80,783 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Archbold safe?
Yes, Archbold is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $191 per resident a year.
Compare Archbold with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Archbold. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Archbold 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.
Archbold detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Archbold: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Archbold: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Archbold: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Archbold: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Archbold 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.