Best PlacesPiqua Historic District, Piqua, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Piqua Historic District, Piqua, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Piqua Historic District, Piqua ranks 2,645th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Piqua Historic District, Piqua
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.
Piqua Historic District, Piqua's strengths and weaknesses
Where Piqua Historic District, Piqua ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$764 a month, better than 92% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Piqua Historic District, Piqua ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Piqua Historic District, Piqua
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Piqua Historic District, Piqua home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,169, 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 Piqua Historic District, Piqua's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Piqua Historic District, Piqua
Piqua Historic District, Piqua runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Piqua Historic District, Piqua.
Who works in Piqua Historic District, Piqua, and how
Work in Piqua Historic District, Piqua centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Piqua Historic District, Piqua
Piqua Historic District, Piqua has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Piqua Historic District, Piqua and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Piqua Historic District, Piqua, month by month
Piqua Historic District, Piqua sees roughly 82 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 Piqua Historic District, Piqua
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Piqua Historic District, Piqua
Schools across Piqua Historic District, Piqua average a B, better than 74% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Washington Primary Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Springcreek Primary Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Piqua Central Intermediate SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Piqua Junior High SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Piqua High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Piqua Historic District, Piqua school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Piqua Historic District, Piqua 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 Piqua Historic District, Piqua against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Piqua Historic District, Piqua
Is Piqua Historic District, Piqua a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Piqua Historic District, Piqua ranks 2,645th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, affordable childcare, and a stable housing market, and lowest on transit and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Piqua Historic District, Piqua expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $141,337. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $77,169 median income, cost of living beats 55% of neighborhoods.
Is Piqua Historic District, Piqua safe?
Yes, Piqua Historic District, Piqua is safer than 61% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $360 per resident a year.
Compare Piqua Historic District, Piqua with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Piqua Historic District, Piqua. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Piqua Historic District, Piqua 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.
Piqua Historic District, Piqua detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Piqua Historic District, Piqua: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Piqua Historic District, Piqua: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Piqua Historic District, Piqua: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Piqua Historic District, Piqua: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Piqua Historic District, Piqua 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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