Best PlacesTiffin, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tiffin, 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.
Tiffin ranks 1,192nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tiffin
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.
Tiffin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tiffin ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 99% of cities
- Short commute17.1 minutes each way, better than 96% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of cities
- Cheap childcare$764 a month, better than 84% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of cities
Where Tiffin ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Household income$64,508 median, better than only 14% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Tiffin
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tiffin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,508, 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 Tiffin's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tiffin
Tiffin's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Tiffin.
Who works in Tiffin, and how
Work in Tiffin centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Tiffin
Tiffin has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities and more parkland per resident than 95% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Tiffin and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tiffin, month by month
Tiffin sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Tiffin
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tiffin
Schools across Tiffin average a B+, better than 74% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Mohawk Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Buckeye Central Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Seneca East ElementaryA · 72% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buckeye Central Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Seneca East Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Mcpherson Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Hopewell-loudon Local High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- New Riegel High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Buckeye Central High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tiffin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tiffin 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 Tiffin against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Tiffin suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Tiffin
Is Tiffin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tiffin ranks 1,192nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, short commutes, and fast internet, and lowest on transit and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tiffin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,811. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $64,508 median income, cost of living beats 20% of cities.
Is Tiffin safe?
Tiffin is safer than 52% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Tiffin?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 21. That works out to about 66 pleasant days a year, more than 18% of cities.
Is Tiffin good for families?
Schools beat 74% of cities, crime safety beats 52%, and childcare runs $764 a month.
Compare Tiffin with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tiffin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tiffin 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.
Tiffin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tiffin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tiffin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tiffin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tiffin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tiffin 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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