Best PlacesChatfield, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chatfield, 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.
Chatfield ranks 36,804th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chatfield
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.
Chatfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chatfield ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of towns
Where Chatfield ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Household income$53,125 median, better than only 16% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chatfield
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chatfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $53,125; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Chatfield's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Chatfield
Chatfield 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 Chatfield.
Who works in Chatfield, and how
Work in Chatfield centers on manufacturing and other services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Chatfield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chatfield.
What the weather is like in Chatfield, month by month
Chatfield sees roughly 63 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° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Chatfield
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 63 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chatfield
Schools across Chatfield average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buckeye Central Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buckeye Central Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top high schools
- Buckeye Central High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chatfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chatfield 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 Chatfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chatfield
Is Chatfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chatfield ranks 36,804th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and low disaster risk, and lowest on crime and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chatfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $212,200. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $53,125 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Chatfield safe?
Chatfield is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $563 per resident a year.
Compare Chatfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chatfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chatfield 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.
Chatfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chatfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chatfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chatfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chatfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chatfield 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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