Best PlacesStony Prairie, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stony Prairie, 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.
Stony Prairie ranks 6,795th 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 Stony Prairie
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.
Stony Prairie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stony Prairie ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
Where Stony Prairie ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 30% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stony Prairie
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stony Prairie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,567, 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 Stony Prairie's effective rate of 1.14%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stony Prairie
Stony Prairie 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 Stony Prairie.
Who works in Stony Prairie, and how
Work in Stony Prairie centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Stony Prairie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stony Prairie.
What the weather is like in Stony Prairie, month by month
Stony Prairie sees roughly 86 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 Stony Prairie
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stony Prairie
Schools across Stony Prairie average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lakota Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Otis Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Lutz Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lakota Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Fremont Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Lakota High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Fremont Ross High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stony Prairie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stony Prairie 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 Stony Prairie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stony Prairie
Is Stony Prairie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stony Prairie ranks 6,795th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, few empty homes, and what local pay buys, 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 Stony Prairie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $223,576. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $93,567 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Stony Prairie safe?
Yes, Stony Prairie is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $249 per resident a year.
Compare Stony Prairie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stony Prairie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stony Prairie 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.
Stony Prairie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stony Prairie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stony Prairie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stony Prairie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stony Prairie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stony Prairie 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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