Best PlacesFort Jennings, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Jennings, 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.
Fort Jennings ranks 2,318th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Jennings
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.
Fort Jennings' strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Jennings ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Short commute20.1 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
Where Fort Jennings ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 24% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 30% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Jennings
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Jennings home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,130, 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 Fort Jennings' effective rate of 0.92%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fort Jennings
Fort Jennings runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort Jennings.
Who works in Fort Jennings, and how
Work in Fort Jennings centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fort Jennings
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fort Jennings.
What the weather is like in Fort Jennings, month by month
Fort Jennings sees roughly 72 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 Fort Jennings
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Jennings
Schools across Fort Jennings average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ottoville Elementary SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Kalida Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Fort Jennings Elementary SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jefferson Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Columbus Grove Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Ottoville High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Lincolnview Jr/sr High SchoolA · 79% proficient
- Columbus Grove High SchoolA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Jennings school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Jennings 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 Fort Jennings against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Jennings
Is Fort Jennings a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Jennings ranks 2,318th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, and lowest on tree cover and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Jennings expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $247,491. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $93,130 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Fort Jennings safe?
Yes, Fort Jennings is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Jennings with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Jennings. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Jennings 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.
Fort Jennings detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Jennings: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Jennings: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Jennings: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Jennings: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Jennings 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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