Best PlacesToronto, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Toronto, 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.
Toronto ranks 45,866th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Toronto
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.
Toronto's strengths and weaknesses
Where Toronto ranks high
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 100 pleasant days a year, better than 68% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 61% of towns
Where Toronto ranks low
- Household income$43,602 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Toronto
A household needs to earn about $20,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Toronto home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,602, 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 Toronto's effective rate of 1.17%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Toronto
Toronto 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 Toronto.
Who works in Toronto, and how
Work in Toronto centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Toronto
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Toronto.
What the weather is like in Toronto, month by month
Toronto sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Toronto
The nearest airport, Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl, is about 83 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 123 miles away.
The best schools in and around Toronto
Schools across Toronto average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marshall Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Yates Center ElemC+ · 37% proficient
- Lincoln ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Eureka Jr/sr HighC− · 28% proficient
- Hamilton HighD+ · 24% proficient
- Yates Center HighD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Toronto school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Toronto 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 Toronto against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Toronto
Is Toronto a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Toronto ranks 45,866th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state infrastructure, and quiet, and lowest on low incomes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Toronto expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $71,941. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $43,602 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Toronto safe?
Toronto is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $504 per resident a year.
Compare Toronto with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Toronto. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Toronto 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.
Toronto detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Toronto: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Toronto: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Toronto: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Toronto: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Toronto 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.