Best PlacesWalhonding, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Walhonding, 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.
Walhonding ranks 21,940th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Walhonding
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.
Walhonding's strengths and weaknesses
Where Walhonding ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 83% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Walhonding ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,027 a month, better than only 23% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Walhonding
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Walhonding home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,874, 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 Walhonding's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Walhonding
Walhonding's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Walhonding.
Who works in Walhonding, and how
Work in Walhonding centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Walhonding
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Walhonding.
What the weather is like in Walhonding, month by month
Walhonding sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Walhonding
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 45 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Walhonding
Schools across Walhonding average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frazeysburg Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Warsaw Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- East Knox Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- Meadowbrook Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Danville High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- East Knox Junior/senior High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- River View High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Walhonding school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Walhonding 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 Walhonding against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Walhonding
Is Walhonding a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Walhonding ranks 21,940th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and good schools, and lowest on education levels and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Walhonding expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $197,853. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $64,874 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Walhonding safe?
Walhonding is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $325 per resident a year.
Compare Walhonding with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Walhonding. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Walhonding 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.
Walhonding detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Walhonding: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Walhonding: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Walhonding: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Walhonding: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Walhonding 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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