Best PlacesVigo, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vigo, 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.
Vigo ranks 28,570th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Vigo
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.
Vigo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vigo ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Vigo ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vigo
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vigo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,003, 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 Vigo's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vigo
Vigo runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vigo.
Who works in Vigo, and how
Work in Vigo centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Vigo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vigo.
What the weather is like in Vigo, month by month
Vigo sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Vigo
The nearest airport, Rickenbacker International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vigo
Schools across Vigo average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Southeastern Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southeastern Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Southeastern High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vigo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vigo 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 Vigo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vigo
Is Vigo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vigo ranks 28,570th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on noise and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vigo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,654. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $65,003 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Vigo safe?
Yes, Vigo is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $204 per resident a year.
Compare Vigo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vigo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vigo 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.
Vigo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vigo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vigo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vigo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vigo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vigo 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.