TOLEDO is now under coverage.
Local dating, modeled. Every signal in Toledo, converted into a tactical roadmap.
Greater Toledo is open as a field office. The headline numbers, each sourced and confidence-flagged:
- $810 per month Zumper Rent Research, June 2026
- $37,086 per year Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
- 53% Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
By the numbers
11 sourced, confidence-flagged metrics for Toledo — gender, money, neighborhoods, and political lean. The deep dive, with charts, is in the console below.
- Singles, 22 to 50
119,182
- Gender balance
53%
- Male skew
53%
- Median income
$37,086
- 1-bedroom rent
$810
- Living wage
$41,122
- Transit fare
$2
- Rent trend
$810
- Most female-leaning zone
48%
- Democratic
56%
- Republican
44%
The shape of the market
East Toledo is the most female-leaning zone, at about 48% men to 52% women.
Toledo runs about 53% male, sharpest in North Toledo (58%) and Perrysburg (56%).
How dating actually happens
Only about 14% of matches on curated apps like Hinge turn into a first date.
Roughly 1 in 10 partnered adults met their partner online, and the share climbs sharply for younger and LGB couples.
One in four matches never gets a reply.
53% of online daters say their overall experience has been positive.
Dating safety in Toledo
78% of active dating-app users report burnout: 80% of women (driven by message volume) and 74% of men (driven by a lack of responses).
60% of Americans support requiring a background check before someone can create a dating profile.
An estimated 26% of men have received unsolicited explicit content, far below the rate for women.
56% of women under 50 have been sent unsolicited explicit images while dating online.
48% of online daters have faced at least one form of harassing behavior on a dating platform.
43% of women under 50 say a match kept contacting them after they said no.
52% of online daters say a scammer or bot has contacted them.
63% of men under 50 say a scammer or bot has contacted them, the highest of any group.
11% of women under 50 have been physically threatened on a dating platform.
40% of daters say platforms do a bad job removing fake and bot accounts; only 20% say they do well.
The LGBTQ+ landscape
53% of LGB adults have used a dating app, far more than straight adults.
About 24% of LGB couples met online, roughly three times the straight rate.
About 70% of LGB adults under 30 have used a dating app, the highest-adoption cohort anywhere.
7.6% of U.S. adults now identify as LGBTQ+, up from 3.5% in 2012.
22.3% of adults aged 18 to 34 identify as LGBTQ+.
Political alignment
24% of Americans say they could never date someone who disagrees with them on abortion.
Ohio doesn’t have true party registration, so we read the 2024 presidential vote: Lucas County (Toledo) backed Harris about 56% to 44% — a solidly Democratic Great Lakes county.
Trump took about 44% of Lucas County, so while Toledo leans blue, it’s not as lopsided as the big coastal-city counties.
47% of single daters would not seriously date a Trump voter; among Democratic women that rises to 79%.
69% of Americans would not date someone who is unemployed, rising to 81% of women.
The cost of dating
A single adult in Lucas County needs about $41,100 a year just to cover the basics.
Toledo’s one-bedroom rents are among the cheapest of any of our markets, a Great Lakes bargain.
Americans reported $1.3 billion in romance-scam losses in a single year, a tax on every crowded market.
A TARTA bus fare in Toledo is $1.50 one way.
Neighborhood intelligence
| Neighborhood | Singles | M / F | Income | 1BR rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perrysburg | 6,985 | 56 / 44 | $52,165 | $1,199 |
| Central Toledo | 6,550 | 50 / 50 | $23,164 | $877 |
| East Toledo | 6,441 | 48 / 52 | $25,934 | $835 |
| West Toledo | 6,389 | 50 / 50 | $39,883 | $946 |
| South Toledo | 5,351 | 48 / 52 | $28,353 | $873 |
| Maumee | 4,629 | 53 / 47 | $47,250 | $1,012 |
| Sylvania | 3,578 | 55 / 45 | $52,988 | $1,145 |
| North Toledo | 3,537 | 58 / 42 | $34,308 | $858 |
| Downtown Toledo | 2,903 | 48 / 52 | $18,071 | $474 |
| Oregon | 2,661 | 51 / 49 | $37,355 | $901 |
Local date spots
Real venues across Toledo, scraped from Google Maps and filterable by neighborhood. Ratings and review counts are live Google data — never paid placement.
- East Toledo
The Original Tony Packo's
- Central Toledo
Schmucker's Restaurant Toledo,OH
- East Toledo
Ye Olde Durty Bird
- North Toledo
Shorty's True American Roadhouse
- Oregon
Luckie's Barn & Grill - Oregon, OH
- North Toledo
Mancy's Steakhouse
- Perrysburg
Swig Restaurant
- Maumee
The Village Idiot
- Perrysburg
Bar Louie - Perrysburg
- Sylvania
Te'kēla - Sylvania
- Perrysburg
5th Street Pub (Perrysburg, OH)
- North Toledo
The Blarney Irish Pub
- Perrysburg
Agave & Rye Perrysburg
- Oregon
The Oregon Inn - Oregon, OH
- South Toledo
Doc Watson's
- Downtown Toledo
The Heights
- Oregon
Grape Leaf Express Oregon
- Maumee
Dale's Bar & Grill - Maumee, OH
- Oregon
American Table Family Restaurant
- Maumee
Mancy's Bluewater Grille
- Central Toledo
Bier Stube
- Maumee
Barr's Public House
- Oregon
Mexico Lindo Restaurant & Cantina
- Central Toledo
Attic On Adams
- North Toledo
QQ Kitchen
- West Toledo
Whiskey & The Wolf
- South Toledo
Rustbelt Coffee
- Downtown Toledo
The Chop House Toledo
- Central Toledo
Souk Mediterranean Kitchen and Bar
- Maumee
Briarfield Cafe