Best PlacesHuron County, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Huron County, 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.
Huron County ranks 734th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Huron County
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.
The best areas in Huron County
The parts of Huron County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Norwalk
Fewer homes sit empty, advertised internet is faster, and biking is better.
Bellevue
It is noisier and crime runs higher.
Willard
Fewer households have young kids and schools score lower.
New London & Greenwich
Local pay stretches less far and incomes run lower.
Scores across Huron County run from about the 12th to the 88th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Huron County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Huron County ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of counties
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 81% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of counties
Where Huron County ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of counties
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 20% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 22% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 25% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 33% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Huron County
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Huron County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,276, 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 Huron County's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 Huron County
Huron County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Huron County.
Who works in Huron County, and how
Work in Huron County 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 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Huron County
Huron County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and more parkland per resident than 67% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Huron County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Huron County growing, and who is moving in?
Huron County has lost about 1% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Sandusky, OH.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Huron County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Huron County, month by month
Huron County sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Huron County
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 43 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Huron County
Schools across Huron County average an A−, better than 88% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Buckeye Central Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Pleasant Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Seneca East ElementaryA · 72% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buckeye Central Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- League Elementary SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Seneca East Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- South Central High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Edison High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Buckeye Central High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Huron County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Huron County 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 Huron County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Huron County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Huron County
Is Huron County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Huron County ranks 734th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, fast internet, and good schools, and lowest on the weather and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Huron County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,660. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $70,276 median income, cost of living beats 55% of counties.
Is Huron County safe?
Yes, Huron County is safer than 81% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $249 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Huron County?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 20. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 18% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Huron County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Norwalk, Bellevue, and Willard. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Huron County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Huron County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Huron County 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.
Huron County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Huron County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Huron County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Huron County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Huron County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Huron County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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