Best PlacesBooktown, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Booktown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Booktown ranks 9,445th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Booktown
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.
Booktown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Booktown ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
Where Booktown ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Booktown
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Booktown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,964, 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 Booktown's effective rate of 1.26%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Booktown
Booktown 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 Booktown.
Who works in Booktown, and how
Work in Booktown centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Booktown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Booktown.
What the weather is like in Booktown, month by month
Booktown sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 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° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 49° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 75° | 68° |
| October | 65° | 56° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Booktown
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Booktown
Schools across Booktown average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Otis Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fremont Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Fremont Ross High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Booktown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Booktown 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 Booktown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Booktown
Is Booktown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Booktown ranks 9,445th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, few empty homes, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Booktown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $251,000. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $96,964 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Booktown safe?
Yes, Booktown is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 per resident a year.
Compare Booktown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Booktown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Booktown 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.
Booktown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Booktown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Booktown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Booktown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Booktown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Booktown 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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