Best PlacesSt. Peter, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around St. Peter, 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.
St. Peter ranks 3,438th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in St. Peter
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.
St. Peter's strengths and weaknesses
Where St. Peter ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute14.1 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
Where St. Peter ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in St. Peter
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median St. Peter home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,576, 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 St. Peter's effective rate of 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in St. Peter
St. Peter's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 St. Peter.
Who works in St. Peter, and how
Work in St. Peter centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in St. Peter
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across St. Peter.
What the weather is like in St. Peter, month by month
St. Peter sees roughly 86 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 St. Peter
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around St. Peter
Schools across St. Peter average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fort Recovery Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fort Recovery Middle SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Top high schools
- Fort Recovery High SchoolA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every St. Peter school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
St. Peter 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 St. Peter against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in St. Peter
Is St. Peter a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, St. Peter ranks 3,438th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and few empty homes, and lowest on biking and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is St. Peter expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,815. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $98,576 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is St. Peter safe?
Yes, St. Peter is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $211 per resident a year.
Compare St. Peter with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to St. Peter. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in St. Peter 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.
St. Peter detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for St. Peter: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in St. Peter: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of St. Peter: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in St. Peter: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
St. Peter 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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