Best PlacesSeal, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seal, 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.
Seal ranks 3,359th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Seal
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.
Seal's strengths and weaknesses
Where Seal ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute15.3 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Seal ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 25% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 28% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 28% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Seal
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seal home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,563, 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 Seal's effective rate of 0.77%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Seal
Seal runs older than the country, 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 Seal.
Who works in Seal, and how
Work in Seal centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Seal
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Seal.
What the weather is like in Seal, month by month
Seal sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Seal
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 60 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Seal
Schools across Seal average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Upper Sandusky Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Upper Sandusky High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Seal school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seal 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 Seal against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Seal
Is Seal a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seal ranks 3,359th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, short commutes, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on the weather and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Seal expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $209,500. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $94,563 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Seal safe?
Yes, Seal is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 per resident a year.
Compare Seal with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seal. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seal 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.
Seal detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seal: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seal: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seal: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seal: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seal 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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