Best PlacesWakeman, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wakeman, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wakeman ranks 8,002nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wakeman
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.
Wakeman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wakeman ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Wakeman ranks low
- Cheap childcare$995 a month, better than only 25% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 25% of towns
- Short commute31.5 minutes each way, better than only 26% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 32% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wakeman
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wakeman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,334, 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 Wakeman's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wakeman
Wakeman's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Wakeman.
Who works in Wakeman, and how
Work in Wakeman 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 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Wakeman
Wakeman has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Wakeman and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wakeman, month by month
Wakeman sees roughly 74 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 Wakeman
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 29 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 Wakeman
Schools across Wakeman average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Firelands Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Keystone Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Western Reserve Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Firelands Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Sailorway Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Keystone Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Keystone High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Firelands High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Western Reserve High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wakeman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wakeman 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 Wakeman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wakeman
Is Wakeman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wakeman ranks 8,002nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low crime, and walkability, and lowest on childcare costs and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wakeman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,098. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $88,334 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Wakeman safe?
Yes, Wakeman is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $179 per resident a year.
Compare Wakeman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wakeman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wakeman 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.
Wakeman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wakeman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wakeman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wakeman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wakeman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wakeman 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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