Best PlacesOttawa Hills, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ottawa Hills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ottawa Hills ranks 130th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ottawa Hills
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.
Ottawa Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Ottawa Hills ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
Where Ottawa Hills ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ottawa Hills
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ottawa Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $166,384, 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 Ottawa Hills' effective rate of 2.31%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ottawa Hills
Ottawa Hills'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 Ottawa Hills.
Who works in Ottawa Hills, and how
Work in Ottawa Hills centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ottawa Hills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ottawa Hills.
What the weather is like in Ottawa Hills, month by month
Ottawa Hills sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Ottawa Hills
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ottawa Hills
Schools across Ottawa Hills average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ottawa Hills Elementary SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Monac Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Whiteford Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Ottawa Hills High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Toledo Early College High SchoolA · 79% proficient
- Sylvania Southview High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ottawa Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ottawa Hills 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 Ottawa Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ottawa Hills
Is Ottawa Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ottawa Hills ranks 130th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, what local pay buys, and good schools, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ottawa Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $326,243. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $166,384 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Ottawa Hills safe?
Ottawa Hills is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $304 per resident a year.
Compare Ottawa Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ottawa Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ottawa Hills 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.
Ottawa Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ottawa Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ottawa Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ottawa Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ottawa Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ottawa Hills 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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