Best PlacesVermilion, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vermilion, 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.
Vermilion ranks 14,043rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Vermilion
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.
Vermilion's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vermilion ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 85% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
Where Vermilion ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,091 a month, better than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vermilion
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vermilion home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,094, 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 Vermilion's effective rate of 1.24%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vermilion
Vermilion 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 Vermilion.
Who works in Vermilion, and how
Work in Vermilion centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Vermilion
Vermilion has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of towns and more parkland per resident than 83% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Vermilion and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vermilion, month by month
Vermilion sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Vermilion
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 26 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Vermilion
Schools across Vermilion average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Firelands Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Powers Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Edison Elementary School (formerly Milan Elem)A · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Amherst Junior High SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Firelands Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Sailorway Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Marion L Steele High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Edison High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Firelands High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vermilion school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vermilion 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 Vermilion against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vermilion
Is Vermilion a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vermilion ranks 14,043rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, health care access, and civic engagement, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vermilion expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $226,816. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $78,094 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Vermilion safe?
Yes, Vermilion is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $226 per resident a year.
Compare Vermilion with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vermilion. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vermilion 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.
Vermilion detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vermilion: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vermilion: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vermilion: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vermilion: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vermilion 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.