Best PlacesSylvania, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sylvania, 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.
Sylvania ranks 155th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sylvania
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.
Sylvania's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sylvania ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of cities
- School gradeA, better than 94% of cities
Where Sylvania ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 32% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 34% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 34% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Sylvania
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sylvania home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $124,030, 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 Sylvania's effective rate of 1.96%, 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 Sylvania
Sylvania's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sylvania.
Who works in Sylvania, and how
Work in Sylvania centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sylvania
Sylvania has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of cities and more parkland per resident than 99% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Sylvania and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sylvania, month by month
Sylvania sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Sylvania
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sylvania
Schools across Sylvania average an A, better than 94% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Highland Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Central Trail Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sylvania Timberstone Junior High SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Sylvania Mccord Junior High SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Evergreen Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Sylvania Northview High SchoolA · 74% proficient
- Evergreen High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Sylvania Southview High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sylvania school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sylvania 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 Sylvania against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Sylvania suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 87% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 17% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Sylvania
Is Sylvania a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sylvania ranks 155th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sylvania expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $307,668. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $124,030 median income, cost of living beats 87% of cities.
Is Sylvania safe?
Yes, Sylvania is safer than 65% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $254 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Sylvania?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 22. That works out to about 75 pleasant days a year, more than 37% of cities.
Is Sylvania good for families?
Schools beat 94% of cities, crime safety beats 65%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Sylvania with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sylvania. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sylvania 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.
Sylvania detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sylvania: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sylvania: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sylvania: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sylvania: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sylvania 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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