Best PlacesPort William, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Port William, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Port William ranks 9,123rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Port William
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 William's strengths and weaknesses
Where Port William ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
Where Port William ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Port William
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Port William home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $97,244; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 William's effective rate of 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Port William
Port William 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 William.
Who works in Port William, and how
Work in Port William centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Port William
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Port William.
What the weather is like in Port William, month by month
Port William sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Port William
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Port William
Schools across Port William average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greeneview Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Denver Place Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greeneview Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Rodger O. Borror Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Greeneview High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Wilmington High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Port William school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Port William 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 William against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Port William
Is Port William a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Port William ranks 9,123rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on internet speeds and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Port William expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $403,009. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $97,244 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Port William safe?
Port William is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $260 per resident a year.
Compare Port William with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Port William. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Port William 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 William detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Port William: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Port William: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Port William: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Port William: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Port William 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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