Best PlacesDupont, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dupont, 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.
Dupont ranks 30,985th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dupont
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.
Dupont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dupont ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 77% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 75% of towns
Where Dupont ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute36.9 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Household income$55,968 median, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dupont
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dupont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,968, 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 Dupont's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dupont
Dupont runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dupont.
Who works in Dupont, and how
Work in Dupont centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Dupont
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dupont.
What the weather is like in Dupont, month by month
Dupont sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Dupont
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 94 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dupont
Schools across Dupont average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ottoville Elementary SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Oakwood Elementary SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Continental Local Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
Top middle schools
- Paulding Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Ottoville High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Continental Local High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Paulding High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dupont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dupont 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 Dupont against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dupont
Is Dupont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dupont ranks 30,985th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and heat safety, and lowest on a weak job market and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dupont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $112,094. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $55,968 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Dupont safe?
Dupont is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $381 per resident a year.
Compare Dupont with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dupont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dupont 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.
Dupont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dupont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dupont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dupont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dupont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dupont 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.