Best PlacesThurman, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thurman, 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.
Thurman ranks 28,461st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Thurman
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.
Thurman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thurman ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 72% of towns
Where Thurman ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Short commute33.0 minutes each way, better than only 20% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 26% of towns
- Household income$59,822 median, better than only 27% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thurman
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thurman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,822, 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 Thurman's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Thurman
Thurman runs younger 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 Thurman.
Who works in Thurman, and how
Work in Thurman centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Thurman
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Thurman.
What the weather is like in Thurman, month by month
Thurman sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Thurman
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Thurman
Schools across Thurman average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oak Hill ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Rio Grande Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Southwestern Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jackson Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- River Valley Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Gallia Academy Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Gallia Academy High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- River Valley High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thurman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thurman 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 Thurman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Thurman
Is Thurman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thurman ranks 28,461st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and a strong job market, and lowest on the weather and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Thurman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,367. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $59,822 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Thurman safe?
Thurman is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
Compare Thurman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thurman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thurman 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.
Thurman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thurman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thurman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thurman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thurman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thurman 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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