What is the cost of living in Toledo?

Toledo has a Regional Price Parity (RPP) of 91.5, where 100 represents the national average. Housing costs index at 67.3, which is below the national average. The average 2-bedroom rent is $1,076/month.

What is the median salary in Toledo?

The median salary in Toledo is $67,305 annually (mean: $70,814). Top occupations include Fast Food and Counter Workers, Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.

The violent crime rate in the Toledo area is 293 per 100,000 population (state-level data). Property crime rate is 1545 per 100K.

What are the schools like in Toledo?

The state of OH has 3,586 schools (state-level data, no metro-level federal count exists) with an average student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1. Charter schools make up 9.3% of all schools.

How much does childcare cost in Toledo?

Infant center-based childcare in the Toledo area averages $11,791 per year. Preschool averages $9,394/year. These are state-level averages.

Is Toledo a good place to relocate?

Toledo has a Life Score of 57.9/100 (C-), based on 7 of 7 available dimensions among cost of living, wages, rent, crime, schools, childcare, and environment (missing dims omitted, weights renormalized). This is an above-average score, Toledo outperforms most scored metros on the combined measure.

Where does Toledo sit among US metros on LiveAbility?

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite, Toledo ranks #213 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). That ordinal matches the /rankings/livability listing. See /methodology#corpus-placement for the exact sort basis.

Relocation profile · Federal data

Toledo, OH

BEA RPP 91.5 sits mid-pack (#128 of 387 metros); cost is not the extreme signal here.

Compiled by PlainRelocate · June 15, 2026

91.5
Cost index (US=100): $1,076
2BR rent / mo: $67,305
Median salary: 50.4
LiveAbility Score

The verdict

As of June 2026, Toledo ranks #213 of 387 US metros on the LiveAbility Score (50.4/100), with its strongest marks in housing and cost of living.

#213
of 387 US metros · Near median: 11,883,304
metro-area population: 293
violent crimes per 100K (state-level): 3,586
schools in the state (NCES)

Weakest dimension: air quality (11/100). Weigh every dimension against your own priorities, use the City Finder to re-rank by what matters to you.

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite (BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, EPA, NOAA, and FEMA inputs), Toledo ranks #213 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). Cost-of-living index 91.5 (100 = national average), median 2-bedroom rent $1,076/mo, median salary $67,305; LiveAbility Score 50.4/100, strongest in housing and cost of living.

Signature: BEA RPP 91.5 sits mid-pack (#128 of 387 metros); cost is not the extreme signal here.

Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP 91.5 lands in the cheaper third of scored metros (cuts at 91.5 / 97.0). Median 2BR rent $1,076/mo.

LiveAbility 50.4/100 keeps Toledo in the middle third (#213 of 387).

BLS OEWS total employment in the Toledo area is 284,410.

Toledo vs all US metros by LiveAbility Score

Where this metro's LiveAbility Score falls among every scored US metro (composite placement, not a desirability verdict)

50 Top 55% higher than 45% of 387 US metros

Metros banded by LiveAbility Score (0–100)

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US metros. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source PlainRelocate LiveAbility Score · June 2026

Toledo housing and rent

HUD Fair Market Rents for the Toledo MSA; housing RPP 67.3 (100 = national average); 2BR $1,076/mo.

Studio

$769

/month

1 Bedroom

$820

/month

2 Bedroom

$1,076

/month

3 Bedroom

$1,380

/month

4 Bedroom

$1,454

/month

Toledo wages and employment

Toledo posts 284,410 total employment with median salary $67,305 against a cheaper-than-average RPP.

Median Salary

$67,305

Mean Salary

$70,814

Total Employment

284,410

Top Occupations by Employment

Occupation	Median Salary
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$27,570
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	$49,740
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$42,640
Registered Nurses	$81,050
Retail Salespersons	$30,780

Schools & Education

State-level education data for the Toledo area from NCES.

Schools

3,586

Enrollment

1,675,943

Student:Teacher

18.2:1

Title I %

Childcare Costs

State-average childcare costs for the Toledo area (DOL data).

Infant (Center)

$11,791

per year

Toddler (Center)

$10,686

per year

Preschool (Center)

$9,394

per year

Life Score Breakdown

Toledo's composite Life Score is 57.9/100 (C-), computed across 7 of 7 dimensions.

Cost

67/100

Strong

Wages

53/100

Average

Rent

86/100

Elite

Crime

57/100

Above average

Schools

88/100

Elite

Childcare

30/100

Weak

Environment

6/100

Bottom decile

LiveAbility Score

View full rankings →

Toledo ranks #213 out of 387 metros with a LiveAbility Score of 50.4/100 - a composite of 8 of 8 quality-of-life dimensions from federal data. Customize the weights to match your priorities →

Strongest dimension: Housing (86/100)

Housing

86
Cost of living

67
Safety

57
Job market

53
Low hazard

50
Climate

38
Schools

12
Air quality

11

What this shows Toledo's strongest dimensions are housing and cost of living; its weakest among scored dims is air quality at 11/100. Default weights: cost 18%, jobs & housing 15% each, safety & schools 12%, air & hazard 10%, climate 8%.

Compare Toledo to

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Metros near Toledo on cost, LiveAbility, or wages

Nearest out-of-state neighbors to Toledo on BEA RPP, LiveAbility, or BLS median salary, a different lens than the size-ranked list.

Similar cost of living (BEA RPP)

Similar LiveAbility score

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA June 2026

Toledo cost figures follow BEA Regional Price Parities and HUD Fair Market Rents; Toledo wages and LiveAbility inputs follow BLS OEWS plus the federal sources listed in methodology. This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Scores are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation. How this data is sourced.

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Thinking about Toledo?

Toledo runs a $67,305 median salary at a 91.5 cost index, ranking #213 of 387 nationally on LiveAbility.

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Cost, salary and score figures are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation.