Best PlacesFindlay, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Findlay, 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.
Findlay ranks 821st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Findlay
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.
Findlay's strengths and weaknesses
Where Findlay ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 99% of cities
- Short commute16.7 minutes each way, better than 97% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of cities
- School gradeA−, better than 85% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of cities
Where Findlay ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 22% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 24% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 31% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Findlay
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Findlay home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,101, 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 Findlay's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 Findlay
Findlay'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 Findlay.
Who works in Findlay, and how
Work in Findlay centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Findlay
Findlay has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Findlay and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Findlay, month by month
Findlay sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Findlay
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Findlay
Schools across Findlay average an A−, better than 85% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Wilson Vance Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Liberty-benton Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Liberty-benton Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Van Buren Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Donnell Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty-benton High SchoolA · 78% proficient
- Mccomb Local Jr/sr High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Van Buren High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Findlay school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Findlay 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 Findlay against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Findlay suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Findlay
Is Findlay a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Findlay ranks 821st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, short commutes, and cell coverage, and lowest on transit and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Findlay expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $223,888. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $80,101 median income, cost of living beats 50% of cities.
Is Findlay safe?
Yes, Findlay is safer than 58% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Findlay?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 21. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 16% of cities.
Is Findlay good for families?
Schools beat 85% of cities, crime safety beats 58%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Findlay with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Findlay. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Findlay 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.
Findlay detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Findlay: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Findlay: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Findlay: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Findlay: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Findlay 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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