Best PlacesWilgus, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilgus, 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.
Wilgus ranks 45,711th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Cell coverage pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Wilgus
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.
Wilgus' strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilgus ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of towns
- QuietBetter than 76% of towns
Where Wilgus ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$41,178 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilgus
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilgus home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,178, 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 Wilgus' effective rate of 0.98%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wilgus
Wilgus runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wilgus.
Who works in Wilgus, and how
Work in Wilgus centers on wholesale trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Wilgus
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilgus.
What the weather is like in Wilgus, month by month
Wilgus sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Wilgus
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wilgus
Schools across Wilgus average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top middle schools
- South Gallia Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Rock Hill Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Symmes Valley High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilgus school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilgus 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 Wilgus against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilgus
Is Wilgus a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilgus ranks 45,711th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a stable housing market, and low taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilgus expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $107,590. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $41,178 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Wilgus safe?
Wilgus is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $381 per resident a year.
Compare Wilgus with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilgus. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilgus 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.
Wilgus detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilgus: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilgus: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilgus: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilgus: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilgus 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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