Best PlacesTontogany, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tontogany, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tontogany ranks 2,101st 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 Tontogany
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.
Tontogany's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tontogany ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$116,486 median, better than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
Where Tontogany ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 26% of towns
- Cheap childcare$959 a month, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tontogany
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tontogany home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $116,486, 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 Tontogany's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 Tontogany
Tontogany runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tontogany.
Who works in Tontogany, and how
Work in Tontogany centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tontogany
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tontogany.
What the weather is like in Tontogany, month by month
Tontogany sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Tontogany
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tontogany
Schools across Tontogany average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Otsego Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Conneaut Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Otsego Junior HighA · 67% proficient
- Bowling Green Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Bowling Green High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Otsego High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tontogany school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tontogany 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 Tontogany against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tontogany
Is Tontogany a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tontogany ranks 2,101st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and low crime, and lowest on the weather and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tontogany expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $290,325. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $116,486 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Tontogany safe?
Yes, Tontogany is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $148 per resident a year.
Compare Tontogany with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tontogany. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tontogany 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.
Tontogany detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tontogany: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tontogany: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tontogany: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tontogany: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tontogany 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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