Best PlacesWillettsville, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Willettsville, 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.
Willettsville ranks 16,711th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Willettsville
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.
Willettsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Willettsville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Willettsville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Willettsville
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Willettsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,605, 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 Willettsville's effective rate of 0.92%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Willettsville
Willettsville runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Willettsville.
Who works in Willettsville, and how
Work in Willettsville centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Willettsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Willettsville.
What the weather is like in Willettsville, month by month
Willettsville sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Willettsville
The nearest airport, James M Cox Dayton International, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Willettsville
Schools across Willettsville average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lynchburg-clay Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- New Vienna Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hillsboro Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Lynchburg-clay Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- East Clinton Junior High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Lynchburg-clay High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Hillsboro High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- East Clinton High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Willettsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Willettsville 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 Willettsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Willettsville
Is Willettsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Willettsville ranks 16,711th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and quiet, and lowest on the weather and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Willettsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,739. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $81,605 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Willettsville safe?
Willettsville is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $278 per resident a year.
Compare Willettsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Willettsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Willettsville 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.
Willettsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Willettsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Willettsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Willettsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Willettsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Willettsville 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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