Best PlacesDenmark Center, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Denmark Center, 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.
Denmark Center ranks 25,631st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Denmark Center
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.
Denmark Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Denmark Center ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Denmark Center ranks low
- Short commute41.6 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Denmark Center
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Denmark Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,519, 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 Denmark Center's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Denmark Center
Denmark Center runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Denmark Center.
Who works in Denmark Center, and how
Work in Denmark Center centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Denmark Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Denmark Center.
What the weather is like in Denmark Center, month by month
Denmark Center sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Denmark Center
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Denmark Center
Schools across Denmark Center average an A−, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jefferson Area Junior High SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson Area Sr High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Denmark Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Denmark Center 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 Denmark Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Denmark Center
Is Denmark Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Denmark Center ranks 25,631st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and a strong job market, and lowest on long commutes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Denmark Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $174,795. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $69,519 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Denmark Center safe?
Denmark Center is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $267 per resident a year.
Compare Denmark Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Denmark Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Denmark Center 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.
Denmark Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Denmark Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Denmark Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Denmark Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Denmark Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Denmark Center 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.