Best PlacesCridersville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cridersville, 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.
Cridersville ranks 20,507th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cridersville
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.
Cridersville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cridersville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
Where Cridersville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
- Household income$56,397 median, better than only 21% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cridersville
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cridersville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,397, 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 Cridersville's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 Cridersville
Cridersville'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 Cridersville.
Who works in Cridersville, and how
Work in Cridersville centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Cridersville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cridersville.
What the weather is like in Cridersville, month by month
Cridersville sees roughly 61 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° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Cridersville
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cridersville
Schools across Cridersville average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wapakoneta ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Cridersville Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wapakoneta Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Wapakoneta High SchoolA · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cridersville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cridersville 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 Cridersville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cridersville
Is Cridersville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cridersville ranks 20,507th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and walkability, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cridersville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,264. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $56,397 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Cridersville safe?
Cridersville is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $263 per resident a year.
Compare Cridersville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cridersville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cridersville 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.
Cridersville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cridersville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cridersville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cridersville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cridersville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cridersville 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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