Best PlacesElida, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Elida, 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.
Elida ranks 5,683rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Elida
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.
Elida's strengths and weaknesses
Where Elida ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
Where Elida ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 25% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Elida
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Elida home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,378, 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 Elida's effective rate of 1.24%, 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 Elida
Elida's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Elida.
Who works in Elida, and how
Work in Elida centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Elida
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Elida.
What the weather is like in Elida, month by month
Elida sees roughly 57 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 Elida
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Elida
Schools across Elida average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elida ElementaryA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jefferson Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Shawnee Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Elida Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Elida High SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Elida school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Elida 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 Elida against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Elida
Is Elida a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Elida ranks 5,683rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, walkability, and transit, and lowest on the weather and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Elida expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,505. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $77,378 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Elida safe?
Yes, Elida is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare Elida with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Elida. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Elida 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.
Elida detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Elida: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Elida: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Elida: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Elida: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Elida 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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