Best PlacesFarmer, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Farmer, 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.
Farmer ranks 15,966th 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 Farmer
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.
Farmer's strengths and weaknesses
Where Farmer ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
Where Farmer ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Farmer
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Farmer home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,001, 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 Farmer's effective rate of 1.14%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Farmer
Farmer runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Farmer.
Who works in Farmer, and how
Work in Farmer centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Farmer
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Farmer.
What the weather is like in Farmer, month by month
Farmer sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Farmer
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Farmer
Schools across Farmer average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fairview Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fairview Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Fairview High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Farmer school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Farmer 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 Farmer against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Farmer
Is Farmer a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Farmer ranks 15,966th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, civic engagement, and good schools, and lowest on a weak job market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Farmer expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $268,437. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $78,001 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Farmer safe?
Yes, Farmer is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
Compare Farmer with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Farmer. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Farmer 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.
Farmer detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Farmer: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Farmer: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Farmer: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Farmer: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Farmer 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.