A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Akron$930/mo

Typical home $142K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.60% · or rent about $955/mo · Housing →

Bath Township$3,070/mo

Typical home $474K (Census) · tax rate 1.47% · or rent about $2,679/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,130 a month, about $25,600 a year, between Bath Township and Akron.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Bath Township places higher on 13 of 21 OH lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Ohio ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

DAkronSafer than 6% of U.S. towns –Bath TownshipNot graded

Schools

CAkronBetter than 29% of districts in the state A+Bath TownshipBetter than 96% of districts in the state

Health

DAkronHealthier than 7% of U.S. towns ABath TownshipHealthier than 86% of U.S. towns

8Akron

13Bath Township

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #598#23 Highest incomeIncome · 1041 towns #974#19 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #853#23 Most affordableCost of living · 1041 towns #95#1008 HealthiestHealth · 1041 towns #958#93 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1041 towns #884#38 Fewest smokersHealth · 1041 towns #848#21 Most activeHealth · 1041 towns #863#90

Left end = #1 in Ohio. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Akron’s rankings →

Where they are

Akron and Bath Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

AkronBath Township

Akron ↔ Bath Township9.5 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

856 Bath Township residents work in Akron (19.9% of its workers)

Work & commute in Bath Township →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

AkronBath Township

Snow a year47″65″

January low20°F —

July high84°F —

Growing season (days)184d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)19th 11th

Outdoors & history

AkronBath Township

Trails71 mi 12 mi

Conserved land11.2%10.4%

Settled1825 —

National Register places63 26

Archive photos18 1

Famous people born here44 —

Community

AkronBath Township

Library hours a week59 hrs 53 hrs

Colleges in town2 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Ohio average

AkronBath Township

People

Population 189,247Highest 9,993Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.3%Lowest OH: +2.3% +3.3%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 36.9±0.6Lowest 7% below OH 46.5±2.3Highest 17% above OH

Kids under 18 21.5%±0.7Lowest OH: 22% 23.9%±4.7Highest OH: 22%

Bath Township and Akron are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 16%±0.7Lowest OH: 18.3% 18.7%±2.9Highest OH: 18.3%

Bath Township and Akron are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.6%Lowest OH: 31.5% 75.7%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.6%±0.5Highest OH: 5.6% 4.5%±1.8Lowest OH: 5.6%

Akron and Bath Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $48,076±$2kLowest 33% below OH $167,699±$12kHighest 135% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $122,000±$3kLowest 43% below OH $474,200±$37kHighest 121% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $955±$16Lowest 8% below OH $2,679±$499Highest 159% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,950Lowest 31% below OH $6,948Highest 146% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 53.8%±3Highest OH: 45.9% 22.2%±36.1Lowest OH: 45.9%

Akron and Bath Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 23.3%Highest OH: 13.3% 3.6%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 50.7%Lowest OH: 67.2% 96.4%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1954Lowest 16 yrs older than OH 1972Highest 2 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 5% below OH 34 minHighest 47% above OH

Work from home 11.2%±0.9Lowest OH: 13% 26.7%±6.1Highest OH: 13%

Work in townworking residents 31%Highest 5.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 12.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.24Lowest 1.49Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Cuyahoga Falls (6%)Akron (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Bath Township20% work in Akron

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 11.2%Highest 10.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 71.0 miHighest 11.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 93Highest 8Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 94.0Highest 16.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #598 of 624 in OH #23 of 624 in OH

School district Middlebury Academy · Edge LearningCopley-Fairlawn City · Revere Local

High school in town Firestone Community Learning CenterRevere High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.4Lowest 18.7Highest

Ohio average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Akron vs Bath Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $2,130 more a month in Bath Township

Bath Township places higher on 13 of 21 OH lists

Akron and Bath Township share a border

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