Best PlacesKunkle, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kunkle, 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.
Kunkle ranks 34,832nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kunkle
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.
Kunkle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kunkle ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute18.1 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 78% of towns
Where Kunkle ranks low
- Household income$49,534 median, better than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 17% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kunkle
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kunkle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,534, 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 Kunkle's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kunkle
Kunkle 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 Kunkle.
Who works in Kunkle, and how
Work in Kunkle centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Kunkle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kunkle.
What the weather is like in Kunkle, month by month
Kunkle sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Kunkle
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kunkle
Schools across Kunkle average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Central Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- North Central Junior/high SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kunkle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kunkle 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 Kunkle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kunkle
Is Kunkle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kunkle ranks 34,832nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, few empty homes, and short commutes, and lowest on low incomes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kunkle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $130,198. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $49,534 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Kunkle safe?
Kunkle is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $419 per resident a year.
Compare Kunkle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kunkle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kunkle 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.
Kunkle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kunkle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kunkle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kunkle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kunkle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kunkle 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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