Best PlacesGlade, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glade, 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.
Glade ranks 25,087th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glade
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.
Glade's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glade ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Glade ranks low
- Short commute40.5 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glade
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glade home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,882, 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 Glade's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glade
Glade runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Glade.
Who works in Glade, and how
Work in Glade centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Glade
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glade.
What the weather is like in Glade, month by month
Glade sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Glade
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glade
Schools across Glade average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jackson Westview Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Eastern Intermediate Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jackson Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Eastern Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Jackson High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Eastern High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glade school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glade 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 Glade against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glade
Is Glade a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glade ranks 25,087th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on long commutes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glade expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $184,169. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $66,882 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Glade safe?
Yes, Glade is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare Glade with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glade. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glade 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.
Glade detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glade: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glade: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glade: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glade: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glade 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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