Best PlacesPleasant Bend, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pleasant Bend, 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.
Pleasant Bend ranks 5,110th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pleasant Bend
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.
Pleasant Bend's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pleasant Bend ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
- Household income$91,825 median, better than 78% of towns
Where Pleasant Bend ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pleasant Bend
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pleasant Bend home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,825, 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 Pleasant Bend's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pleasant Bend
Pleasant Bend runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pleasant Bend.
Who works in Pleasant Bend, and how
Work in Pleasant Bend centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Pleasant Bend
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pleasant Bend.
What the weather is like in Pleasant Bend, month by month
Pleasant Bend sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Pleasant Bend
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 83 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pleasant Bend
Schools across Pleasant Bend average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Miller City Elementary SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
- Ayersville Elementary SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Holgate Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Miller City Middle SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Patrick Henry Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
Top high schools
- Miller City High SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Continental Local High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Ayersville High SchoolA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pleasant Bend school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pleasant Bend 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 Pleasant Bend against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pleasant Bend
Is Pleasant Bend a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pleasant Bend ranks 5,110th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and few empty homes, and lowest on tree cover and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pleasant Bend expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,569. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $91,825 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Pleasant Bend safe?
Yes, Pleasant Bend is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $214 per resident a year.
Compare Pleasant Bend with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pleasant Bend. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pleasant Bend 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.
Pleasant Bend detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pleasant Bend: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pleasant Bend: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pleasant Bend: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pleasant Bend: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pleasant Bend 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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