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Toledo, OH cityscape

from riverside

Toledo

oh · metro 600k

a dispatch from

toledo

OH

41.66°N

83.56°W

Toledo is the Glass City, with a long history of glassmaking (Owens-Illinois, Libbey, Pilkington), and the Toledo Museum of Art's glass pavilion is genuinely world-class and free. The Mud Hens (yes, Klinger's team) play minor league ball downtown. Sitting between Detroit and Cleveland on Lake Erie, Toledo has serious walleye fishing and a real lake-town pace. Cheaper than its bigger neighbors.

metro600k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$1,739

under Riverside, every month

In Toledo, rent stops being the headline. The cost gap shows up every month without you trying.
landable, recorded on the toledo entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,197/mo

52% cheaper than Riverside(vs $2,493/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$442/mo less in state tax than Riverside

vs 9.3% in Riverside

03after rent

$6,804/mo

$1,739 more than Riverside

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$196k

67% cheaper than Riverside

vs $595k in Riverside

05metro size

600k

vs 4.7M in Riverside

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

159

pleasant days a year, in toledo.

Riverside edges ahead with 249 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 38 days drop below 20° vs Riverside's 0.

A month here packs 4.2× the events of Riverside.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

55/100

20% lower than Riverside

vs 69/100 in Riverside

Closest outdoor draw: Maumee Bay State Park, 10 mi.

·walk score®

57/100

38% lower than Riverside

vs 92/100 in Riverside

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

4

71% fewer than Riverside

vs 14 nonstops in Riverside

04 · see also

neighbors of toledo on the map of tradeoffs:

compare toledo with: