Best PlacesWidowville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Widowville, 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.
Widowville ranks 11,449th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Widowville
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.
Widowville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Widowville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 70% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 70% of towns
Where Widowville ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 32% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Widowville
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Widowville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,843, 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 Widowville's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Widowville
Widowville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Widowville.
Who works in Widowville, and how
Work in Widowville centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Widowville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Widowville.
What the weather is like in Widowville, month by month
Widowville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Widowville
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Widowville
Schools across Widowville average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lucas Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Hillsdale Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Mcmullen Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Budd Elementary SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Hillsdale Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Lucas Heritage Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Hillsdale High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Lucas High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Loudonville High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Widowville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Widowville 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 Widowville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Widowville
Is Widowville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Widowville ranks 11,449th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and low crime, and lowest on walkability and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Widowville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $206,656. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $77,843 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Widowville safe?
Yes, Widowville is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $183 per resident a year.
Compare Widowville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Widowville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Widowville 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.
Widowville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Widowville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Widowville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Widowville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Widowville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Widowville 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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