Best PlacesFort Loramie, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Loramie, 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 Loramie ranks 1,180th 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 Loramie
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 Loramie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Loramie ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute17.9 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
Where Fort Loramie ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 30% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 32% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Loramie
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Loramie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,205, 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 Loramie's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 Loramie
Fort Loramie runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort Loramie.
Who works in Fort Loramie, and how
Work in Fort Loramie centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Fort Loramie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fort Loramie.
What the weather is like in Fort Loramie, month by month
Fort Loramie sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Fort Loramie
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Loramie
Schools across Fort Loramie average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fort Loramie Elementary SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Minster Elementary SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Hardin Houston Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
Top high schools
- Fort Loramie Junior-senior High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Minster Jr/sr High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Houston High SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Loramie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Loramie 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 Loramie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Loramie
Is Fort Loramie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Loramie ranks 1,180th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and civic engagement, 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 Loramie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $300,643. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $90,205 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Fort Loramie safe?
Yes, Fort Loramie is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $174 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Loramie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Loramie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Loramie 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 Loramie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Loramie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Loramie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Loramie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Loramie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Loramie 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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