Best PlacesWilliston, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Williston, 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.
Williston ranks 3,869th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Williston
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.
Williston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Williston ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
Where Williston ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,031 a month, better than only 23% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Williston
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Williston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $110,975, 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 Williston's effective rate of 1.25%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Williston
Williston runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Williston.
Who works in Williston, and how
Work in Williston centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Williston
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Williston.
What the weather is like in Williston, month by month
Williston sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Williston
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Williston
Schools across Williston average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Genoa ElementaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Jerusalem Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Genoa Area Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Eisenhower Intermediate SchoolA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Genoa Area High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Clay High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Williston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Williston 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 Williston against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Williston
Is Williston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Williston ranks 3,869th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, civic engagement, and few empty homes, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Williston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,990. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $110,975 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Williston safe?
Yes, Williston is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $234 per resident a year.
Compare Williston with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Williston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Williston 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.
Williston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Williston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Williston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Williston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Williston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Williston 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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