Best PlacesTrotwood, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Trotwood, 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.
Trotwood ranks 43,060th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Trotwood
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.
Trotwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Trotwood ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Trotwood ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Trotwood
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trotwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,431, 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 Trotwood's effective rate of 1.59%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Trotwood
Trotwood 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 Trotwood.
Who works in Trotwood, and how
Work in Trotwood centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Trotwood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Trotwood.
What the weather is like in Trotwood, month by month
Trotwood sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Trotwood
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Trotwood
Schools across Trotwood average a D+, better than 11% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brookville Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Dixie Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Trotwood Preparatory & Fitness AcademyD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brookville Intermediate SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Northmont Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Dixie Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Brookville High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Northmont High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Stivers School For The ArtsB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Trotwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Trotwood 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 Trotwood against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Trotwood suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Trotwood
Is Trotwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trotwood ranks 43,060th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on the weather and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Trotwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,490. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $50,431 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Trotwood safe?
Trotwood is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $604 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Trotwood?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 22. That works out to about 57 pleasant days a year, more than 4% of towns.
Is Trotwood good for families?
Schools beat 11% of towns, crime safety beats 6%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Trotwood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trotwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trotwood 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.
Trotwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trotwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trotwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trotwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trotwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trotwood 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.