Best PlacesWabash, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wabash, 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.
Wabash ranks 19,749th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wabash
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.
Wabash's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wabash ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
Where Wabash ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wabash
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wabash home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,136, 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 Wabash's effective rate of 1.16%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wabash
Wabash runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wabash.
Who works in Wabash, and how
Work in Wabash centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 98%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Wabash
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wabash.
What the weather is like in Wabash, month by month
Wabash sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Wabash
The nearest airport, Fort Wayne International, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wabash
Schools across Wabash average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Parkway Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Coldwater Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Celina Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Coldwater Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Parkway Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Celina Intermediate Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Coldwater High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Parkway High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Celina High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wabash school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wabash 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 Wabash against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wabash
Is Wabash a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wabash ranks 19,749th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and civic engagement, and lowest on tree cover and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wabash expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,800. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $71,136 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Wabash safe?
Yes, Wabash is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $238 per resident a year.
Compare Wabash with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wabash. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wabash 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.
Wabash detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wabash: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wabash: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wabash: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wabash: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wabash 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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