Best PlacesBrokensword, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brokensword, 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.
Brokensword ranks 15,368th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brokensword
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.
Brokensword's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brokensword ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
Where Brokensword ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brokensword
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brokensword home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,393, 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 Brokensword's effective rate of 1.15%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Brokensword
Brokensword'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 Brokensword.
Who works in Brokensword, and how
Work in Brokensword centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Brokensword
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brokensword.
What the weather is like in Brokensword, month by month
Brokensword sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Brokensword
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brokensword
Schools across Brokensword average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wynford Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wynford Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Wynford High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brokensword school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brokensword 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 Brokensword against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brokensword
Is Brokensword a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brokensword ranks 15,368th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, and lowest on biking and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brokensword expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,494. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $81,393 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Brokensword safe?
Brokensword is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $313 per resident a year.
Compare Brokensword with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brokensword. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brokensword 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.
Brokensword detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brokensword: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brokensword: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brokensword: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brokensword: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brokensword 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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