Best PlacesThackery, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thackery, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Thackery ranks 16,361st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Thackery
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.
Thackery's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thackery ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 80% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Thackery ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 23% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thackery
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thackery home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,605, 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 Thackery's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Thackery
Thackery 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 Thackery.
Who works in Thackery, and how
Work in Thackery centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Thackery
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Thackery.
What the weather is like in Thackery, month by month
Thackery sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Thackery
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Thackery
Schools across Thackery average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Graham Elementary SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Graham Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwestern Junior/senior High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Graham High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thackery school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thackery 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 Thackery against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Thackery
Is Thackery a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thackery ranks 16,361st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, few empty homes, and low taxes, and lowest on air quality and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Thackery expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,883. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $79,605 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Thackery safe?
Thackery is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $390 per resident a year.
Compare Thackery with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thackery. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thackery 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.
Thackery detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thackery: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thackery: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thackery: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thackery: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thackery 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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