Best PlacesChickasaw, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chickasaw, 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.
Chickasaw ranks 1,328th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Chickasaw
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.
Chickasaw's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chickasaw ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute16.7 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
Where Chickasaw ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 36% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chickasaw
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chickasaw home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,598, 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 Chickasaw'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 and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Chickasaw
Chickasaw runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chickasaw.
Who works in Chickasaw, and how
Work in Chickasaw centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Chickasaw
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chickasaw.
What the weather is like in Chickasaw, month by month
Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chickasaw
Schools across Chickasaw average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Bremen Elementary SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Marion Local Elementary SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Celina Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Celina Intermediate Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Marion Local High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- New Bremen High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Celina High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chickasaw school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chickasaw
Is Chickasaw a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chickasaw ranks 1,328th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, 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 Chickasaw expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $285,232. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $105,598 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Chickasaw safe?
Chickasaw is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $312 per resident a year.
Compare Chickasaw with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chickasaw. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chickasaw 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.
Chickasaw detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chickasaw: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chickasaw: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chickasaw: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chickasaw: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chickasaw 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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