Best PlacesWilliams County, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Williams County, 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.
Williams County ranks 886th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Williams County
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.
The best areas in Williams County
The parts of Williams County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Bryan
Streets are more walkable, biking is better, and advertised internet is faster.
Montpelier
More households have young kids and tree cover is thicker.
Edgerton
It is noisier and local pay stretches less far.
Scores across Williams County run from about the 21st to the 79th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Williams County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Williams County ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 99% of counties
- School gradeA−, better than 93% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of counties
- Short commute19.8 minutes each way, better than 80% of counties
Where Williams County ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 19% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 25% of counties
- Local economyBetter than only 31% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Williams County
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Williams County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,138, 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 Williams County's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 Williams County
Williams County's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Williams County.
Who works in Williams County, and how
Work in Williams County centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Williams County
Williams County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of counties and more parkland per resident than 90% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Williams County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Williams County growing, and who is moving in?
Williams County has lost about 2% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Toledo, OH.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Williams County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Williams County, month by month
Williams County sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Williams County
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Williams County
Schools across Williams County average an A−, better than 93% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Stryker Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Edgerton Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fairview Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Stryker High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Edgerton High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Edon High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Williams County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Williams County 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 Williams County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Williams County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 4% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Williams County
Is Williams County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Williams County ranks 886th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Williams County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,972. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $65,138 median income, cost of living beats 49% of counties.
Is Williams County safe?
Yes, Williams County is safer than 72% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $261 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Williams County?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 20. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 16% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Williams County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Bryan, Montpelier, and Edgerton. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Williams County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Williams County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Williams County 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.
Williams County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Williams County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Williams County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Williams County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Williams County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Williams County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.