Best PlacesBucyrus, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bucyrus, 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.
Bucyrus ranks 26,103rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bucyrus
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.
Bucyrus' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bucyrus ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
Where Bucyrus ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- Household income$56,592 median, better than only 21% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 24% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bucyrus
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bucyrus home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,592, 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 Bucyrus' effective rate of 1.22%, 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 Bucyrus
Bucyrus's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Bucyrus.
Who works in Bucyrus, and how
Work in Bucyrus centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, 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 Bucyrus
Bucyrus has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bucyrus and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bucyrus, month by month
Bucyrus sees roughly 70 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 Bucyrus
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 56 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bucyrus
Schools across Bucyrus average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wynford Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Ridgedale Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Bucyrus Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- William Crawford Intermediate SchoolsA · 67% proficient
- Wynford Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Bucyrus Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Col Crawford High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Wynford High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Bucyrus Secondary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bucyrus school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bucyrus 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 Bucyrus against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bucyrus
Is Bucyrus a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bucyrus ranks 26,103rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cheap car insurance, and walkability, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bucyrus expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,815. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $56,592 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Bucyrus safe?
Bucyrus is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $337 per resident a year.
Compare Bucyrus with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bucyrus. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bucyrus 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.
Bucyrus detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bucyrus: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bucyrus: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bucyrus: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bucyrus: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bucyrus 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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