Best PlacesCelina, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Celina, 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.
Celina ranks 11,015th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Celina
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.
Celina's strengths and weaknesses
Where Celina ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Short commute19.1 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
Where Celina ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 31% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 41% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Celina
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Celina home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,362, 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 Celina's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Celina
Celina'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 Celina.
Who works in Celina, and how
Work in Celina 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 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Celina
Celina has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Celina and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Celina, month by month
Celina sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 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° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Celina
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Celina
Schools across Celina average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Bremen Elementary SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Marion Local Elementary SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- St Henry Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- St Henry Middle SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Coldwater Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Parkway Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- St Henry High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Marion Local High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- New Bremen High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Celina school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Celina 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 Celina against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Celina
Is Celina a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Celina ranks 11,015th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on tree cover and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Celina expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $197,470. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $73,362 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Celina safe?
Celina is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $337 per resident a year.
Compare Celina with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Celina. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Celina 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.
Celina detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Celina: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Celina: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Celina: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Celina: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Celina 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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