Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Maumee's standout: it has 9 miles of trail. Overall it grades B+, 279th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. The median household earns $81K and its schools outperform 87% of the state's. Its weakest subject is safety: its police reported 26 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 75% of U.S. towns. 15% of the land in Maumee is conserved, above both Ohio’s towns (3.7%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Maumee has 14 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Hull-Wolcott House and First Presbyterian Church Of Maumee Chapel.
Where Maumee beats most towns.
Census counts: 840 in 1840, 13,896 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1813 and 6 maps from 1900 on.
14 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Maumee is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Maumee, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Maumee.
Maumee draws workers from Toledo and beyond, is one of Ohio’s best towns for the outdoors and has less tooth loss than most of Ohio.
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #11 of 993 in Ohio.
9.2 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. Maumee’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile, above both the Ohio town median (0.2) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Fallen Timbers Battlefield, at 212 acres with 1.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fallen Timbers Battlefield | 1.5 mi | 212 |
| 2. Eppstein Park | 0.4 mi | 9 |
| 3. Lucas County Recreation Center | — | 107 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Three of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Ohio Digital Learning School, with 1,198 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maumee Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 494 | B+ |
| Maumee High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 619 | A− |
| Fairfield Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 318 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
15,802 jobs are based in Maumee, 2.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Maumee for work: only 13% work in town. Maumee’s average trip to work is 20 minutes. Jobs based in Maumee fell to 15,802 in 2023, 1,916 fewer than in 2013.
| Maumee | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.2% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its widest gap with Ohio is tooth loss: 9.5% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.3% statewide.
Maumee beats the Ohio average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 31% of Maumee adults have obesity.
| Maumee | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 38% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | Maumee | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.5% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.1% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Reported crimes fell from 440 to 269 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in Maumee is 17.9 per 1,000 residents. Maumee reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 75% report less.
| Maumee | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 17.9 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.9 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Maumee.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Maumee has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Maumee home is worth about $282,000, up 3.3% in a year, 15% above the Ohio typical home.
| Maumee | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 72% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $995 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. 38% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Maumee. Maumee has lost 2.6% of its people since 2020, down to 13,521 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Maumee | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 24% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.7 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Maumee | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.9% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.8% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.5% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.5% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.1% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.2% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.8% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.6% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.7% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maumee. Close and well known come first.
8 mi MuseumToledo Museum of Art340K visitors a year
2 mi LandmarkFort Meigs
6 mi Zoo & aquariumToledo Zoo
9 mi MuseumImagination Station
10 mi MuseumNational Museum of the Great Lakes
28 mi National park siteRiver Raisin National Battlefield Park134K visitors a yearToledo Museum of Art: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Meigs: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Toledo Zoo: DreamingKoala, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Imagination Station: MrJacon000, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Museum of the Great Lakes: MrJacon000, CC BY-SA 4.0 · River Raisin National Battlefield Park: Notorious4life (talk), Public domain
7 within 15 miles of the center of Maumee
About 6 of every 100 Maumee residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
15.4% of the town is conserved land, across 8 parks and preserves.
14 places in Maumee on the National Register of Historic Places.
7 notable people were born in Maumee.
City in Ohio, United States
Maumee ( maw-MEE) is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. Located along the Maumee River, it is a suburb about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Toledo. The population was 13,896 at the 2020 census. Maumee was declared an All-America City by the National Civic League in June 2006.
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4 towns share a border with Maumee.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Perrysburg Township (B+) comes closest. Toledo next door grades lower for schools (C to Maumee’s A) and higher for cost of living (B+ to C+).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maumee | #279 | B+ | C+ | C | A | A− |
| Monclova Township | #449 | B | D | — | A | A− |
| Toledo | #969 | D | B+ | D− | C | D |
| Perrysburg Township | #409 | B+ | C− | B+ | A | A− |
| Springfield Township | #791 | C | C | — | B− | B+ |
Monclova Township and Springfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Maumee with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Maumee grades B+ overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #279 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A− for health, C for safety and A for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a C.
That is 4.3 years of the area's median household income ($65,486 across the Toledo, OH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
7 notable people were born here, including James W. Forsyth and Henry Ware Lawton.
