Best PlacesOttokee, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ottokee, 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.
Ottokee ranks 6,786th 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 Ottokee
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.
Ottokee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ottokee ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
Where Ottokee ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 24% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ottokee
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ottokee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,442, 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 Ottokee's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 Ottokee
Ottokee'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 Ottokee.
Who works in Ottokee, and how
Work in Ottokee 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 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Ottokee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ottokee.
What the weather is like in Ottokee, month by month
Ottokee sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Ottokee
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ottokee
Schools across Ottokee average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Delta Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pike-delta-york Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Wauseon Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Pike-delta-york High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Wauseon High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ottokee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ottokee 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 Ottokee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ottokee
Is Ottokee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ottokee ranks 6,786th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, few empty homes, and good schools, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ottokee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,356. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $92,442 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Ottokee safe?
Yes, Ottokee is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $166 per resident a year.
Compare Ottokee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ottokee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ottokee 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.
Ottokee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ottokee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ottokee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ottokee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ottokee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ottokee 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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