Communities · Montgomery County
Oakwood, Ohio
Tree-lined streets bordering the University of Dayton.
Community guide
Life in Oakwood, Ohio
Oakwood is a small, entirely built-out city bordered by Dayton on most sides and the University of Dayton to the north. There is essentially no vacant land left in Oakwood, so the housing stock is almost entirely older homes on mature, tree-lined streets rather than new construction. The Far Hills Avenue corridor carries Oakwood's shops, restaurants, and a grocery store within its own small downtown.
Because Oakwood is fully built out and close in to the city, both its tax rate and its typical home value run higher than most of the other communities on this list.
Local highlights
What makes Oakwood great
Far Hills Avenue
Oakwood's small commercial corridor with shops, restaurants, and a grocery store.
Smith Gardens and Oakwood parks
City parks and a community pool within a compact, fully built-out city.
Where to go
Favorite spots in Oakwood
Favorite things to do
Far Hills Avenue
Shops and restaurants along Oakwood's commercial corridor.
Favorite restaurants
The Oakwood Club
A longstanding steakhouse on Far Hills Avenue, open since the 1960s.
Favorite treat shop
Graeter's Ice Cream
The Far Hills Avenue location of the regional ice cream chain.
Market data
Oakwood by the numbers
Overwhelmingly pre-1950 in Oakwood: Tudor, Colonial Revival, and other early-20th-century styles on mature, tree-lined streets, with essentially no vacant land left for new construction.
County
Montgomery County
School district
Oakwood City Schools
Effective property tax rate
about 2.61%
Typical home value
around $362,000
Commute to downtown Dayton
about 10 minutes
Commute to Wright-Patterson AFB
about 20 minutes
Oakwood's typical home value runs well above $250,000, so that budget here generally buys a smaller or older home relative to Oakwood's own average. This is the highest typical value and the highest tax rate of the communities on this list.
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Questions people ask about Oakwood
Is Oakwood a good place to live?+
That is worth checking yourself rather than taking anyone's word for it, mine included. The Montgomery, Greene, Warren, and Miami County sheriff and police departments each publish incident maps for their own jurisdiction. Drive Oakwood at the time of day you would actually be commuting or coming home. Visit the specific block in person, since character changes street to street everywhere. I can pull the tax history, school district boundary, and flood zone on any address you are looking at, and I will always tell you what the data says, not what sounds good.
What is the property tax rate in Oakwood, Ohio?+
Around 2.61% effective, the highest of the communities on this list. Oakwood City Schools makes up most of that bill.
What does $250,000 buy in Oakwood?+
Well below Oakwood's typical value of about $362,000, so $250,000 here tends to buy a smaller or older home than the Oakwood average, or points toward a condo rather than a single-family house.
How far is Oakwood from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?+
About 20 minutes.
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