Best PlacesPort Clinton, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Port Clinton, 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.
Port Clinton ranks 16,780th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Port Clinton
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.
Port Clinton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Port Clinton ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
Where Port Clinton ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Port Clinton
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Port Clinton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,095, 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 Port Clinton's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 Port Clinton
Port Clinton runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Port Clinton.
Who works in Port Clinton, and how
Work in Port Clinton centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Port Clinton
Port Clinton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Port Clinton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Port Clinton, month by month
Port Clinton sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 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° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 49° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 75° | 68° |
| October | 65° | 56° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Port Clinton
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Port Clinton
Schools across Port Clinton average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- R C Waters Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Danbury Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Bataan Memorial Intermediate SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oak Harbor Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Danbury Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Port Clinton Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Oak Harbor High SchoolA · 79% proficient
- Danbury High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Port Clinton High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Port Clinton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Port Clinton 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 Port Clinton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Port Clinton
Is Port Clinton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Port Clinton ranks 16,780th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cheap car insurance, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Port Clinton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $221,672. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $74,095 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Port Clinton safe?
Port Clinton is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $322 per resident a year.
Compare Port Clinton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Port Clinton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Port Clinton 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.
Port Clinton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Port Clinton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Port Clinton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Port Clinton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Port Clinton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Port Clinton 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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