Best PlacesZone, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Zone, 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.
Zone ranks 10,122nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Zone
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.
Zone's strengths and weaknesses
Where Zone ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of towns
Where Zone ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Zone
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Zone home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,450, 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 Zone's effective rate of 1.26%, 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 Zone
Zone runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Zone.
Who works in Zone, and how
Work in Zone centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Zone
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Zone.
What the weather is like in Zone, month by month
Zone sees roughly 68 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 Zone
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Zone
Schools across Zone average an A−, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Archbold Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Fayette Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Archbold Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
Top high schools
- Archbold High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Fayette Jr/sr High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Zone school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Zone 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 Zone against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Zone
Is Zone a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Zone ranks 10,122nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low crime, and good schools, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Zone expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $200,343. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $83,450 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Zone safe?
Yes, Zone is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $146 per resident a year.
Compare Zone with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Zone. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Zone 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.
Zone detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Zone: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Zone: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Zone: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Zone: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Zone 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.