Best PlacesPadua, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Padua, 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.
Padua ranks 9,057th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Padua
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.
Padua's strengths and weaknesses
Where Padua ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Short commute18.3 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Padua ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 32% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Padua
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Padua home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,070, 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 Padua's effective rate of 0.98%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Padua
Padua's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Padua.
Who works in Padua, and how
Work in Padua centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Padua
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Padua.
What the weather is like in Padua, month by month
Padua sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Padua
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Padua
Schools across Padua average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fort Recovery Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Coldwater Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Celina Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fort Recovery Middle SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Coldwater Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Celina Intermediate Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Fort Recovery High SchoolA · 78% proficient
- Coldwater High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Celina High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Padua school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Padua 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 Padua against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Padua
Is Padua a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Padua ranks 9,057th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and short commutes, and lowest on cell coverage and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Padua expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $250,964. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $85,070 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Padua safe?
Yes, Padua is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $226 per resident a year.
Compare Padua with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Padua. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Padua 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.
Padua detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Padua: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Padua: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Padua: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Padua: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Padua 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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