Best PlacesHamler, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hamler, 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.
Hamler ranks 27,649th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hamler
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.
Hamler's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hamler ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Hamler ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Short commute34.1 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hamler
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hamler home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,549, 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 Hamler's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hamler
Hamler runs older than the country, 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 Hamler.
Who works in Hamler, and how
Work in Hamler centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hamler
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hamler.
What the weather is like in Hamler, month by month
Hamler sees roughly 79 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 Hamler
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hamler
Schools across Hamler average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Patrick Henry Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Holgate Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Napoleon Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top middle schools
- Patrick Henry Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
Top high schools
- Napoleon Junior/senior High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Patrick Henry High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hamler school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hamler 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 Hamler against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hamler
Is Hamler a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hamler ranks 27,649th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and walkability, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hamler expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,171. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $68,549 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Hamler safe?
Hamler is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $463 per resident a year.
Compare Hamler with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hamler. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hamler 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.
Hamler detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hamler: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hamler: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hamler: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hamler: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hamler 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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