Best PlacesKalida, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kalida, 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.
Kalida ranks 892nd 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 Kalida
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.
Kalida's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kalida ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Kalida ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 75 pleasant days a year, better than only 37% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kalida
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kalida home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,465, 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 Kalida's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kalida
Kalida runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kalida.
Who works in Kalida, and how
Work in Kalida 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 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Kalida
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kalida.
What the weather is like in Kalida, month by month
Kalida sees roughly 75 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 Kalida
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kalida
Schools across Kalida average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kalida Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Fort Jennings Elementary SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Glandorf Elementary SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Top middle schools
- Columbus Grove Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Ottoville High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Miller City High SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Kalida High SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kalida school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kalida 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 Kalida against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kalida
Is Kalida a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kalida ranks 892nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and cell coverage, and lowest on tree cover and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kalida expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,969. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $107,465 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Kalida safe?
Kalida is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $268 per resident a year.
Compare Kalida with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kalida. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kalida 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.
Kalida detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kalida: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kalida: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kalida: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kalida: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kalida 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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