Best PlacesOldtown, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oldtown, 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.
Oldtown ranks 4,871st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Oldtown
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.
Oldtown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oldtown ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$101,231 median, better than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
Where Oldtown ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oldtown
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oldtown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,231, 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 Oldtown's effective rate of 1.26%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Oldtown
Oldtown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oldtown.
Who works in Oldtown, and how
Work in Oldtown centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Oldtown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oldtown.
What the weather is like in Oldtown, month by month
Oldtown sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Oldtown
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oldtown
Schools across Oldtown average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tecumseh Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Warner Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Xenia High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oldtown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oldtown 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 Oldtown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oldtown
Is Oldtown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oldtown ranks 4,871st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, cheap car insurance, and what local pay buys, and lowest on tree cover and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oldtown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,700. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $101,231 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Oldtown safe?
Yes, Oldtown is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
Compare Oldtown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oldtown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oldtown 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.
Oldtown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oldtown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oldtown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oldtown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oldtown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oldtown 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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