Best PlacesAuglaize County, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Auglaize County, 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.
Auglaize County ranks 257th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Auglaize County
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.
The best areas in Auglaize County
The parts of Auglaize County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Minster & New Bremen
It is quieter, more households have young kids, and schools score higher.
St. Marys
Biking is better, though crime runs higher.
Wapakoneta
More residents vote and more adults hold degrees.
Scores across Auglaize County run from about the 32nd to the 94th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Auglaize County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Auglaize County ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 99% of counties
- School gradeA, better than 98% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of counties
Where Auglaize County ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 20% of counties
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 20% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 21% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 25% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Auglaize County
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Auglaize County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,183, 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 Auglaize County's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Auglaize County
Auglaize County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Auglaize County.
Who works in Auglaize County, and how
Work in Auglaize County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Auglaize County
Auglaize County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and more parkland per resident than 77% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Auglaize County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Auglaize County growing, and who is moving in?
Auglaize County has held roughly flat in population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Mercer County, OH.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Auglaize County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Auglaize County, month by month
Auglaize County sees roughly 65 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 Auglaize County
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Auglaize County
Schools across Auglaize County average an A, better than 98% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- New Bremen Elementary SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Minster Elementary SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Marion Local Elementary SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spencerville Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Shawnee Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Wapakoneta Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Minster Jr/sr High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Marion Local High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Botkins High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Auglaize County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Auglaize County 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 Auglaize County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Auglaize County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 81% of counties and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Auglaize County
Is Auglaize County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Auglaize County ranks 257th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Auglaize County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $204,931. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $80,183 median income, cost of living beats 81% of counties.
Is Auglaize County safe?
Yes, Auglaize County is safer than 73% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $251 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Auglaize County?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 20. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 12% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Auglaize County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Minster & New Bremen, St. Marys, and Wapakoneta. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Auglaize County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Auglaize County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Auglaize County 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.
Auglaize County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Auglaize County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Auglaize County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Auglaize County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Auglaize County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Auglaize County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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