Best PlacesMinford, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Minford, 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.
Minford ranks 19,966th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Minford
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.
Minford's strengths and weaknesses
Where Minford ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 72% of towns
Where Minford ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 29% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Minford
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Minford home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,047, 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 Minford'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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Minford
Minford runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Minford.
Who works in Minford, and how
Work in Minford centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Minford
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Minford.
What the weather is like in Minford, month by month
Minford sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Minford
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Minford
Schools across Minford average a B+, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bloom-vernon Elementary SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Oak Hill ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Eastern Intermediate Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jackson Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Valley Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Eastern Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- South Webster Jr/sr High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Jackson High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Valley High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Minford school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Minford 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 Minford against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Minford
Is Minford a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Minford ranks 19,966th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and low taxes, and lowest on the weather and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Minford expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,643. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $68,047 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Minford safe?
Yes, Minford is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
Compare Minford with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Minford. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Minford 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.
Minford detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Minford: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Minford: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Minford: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Minford: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Minford 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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