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%

Bath Township$3,070/mo

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

Fairlawn$1,970/mo

Typical home $319K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.14% · or rent about $1,239/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,090 a month, about $13,100 a year, between Bath Township and Fairlawn.

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.

Where they are

Bath Township and Fairlawn share a border

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

Bath TownshipFairlawn

Bath Township ↔ Fairlawn3.6 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

254 Bath Township residents work in Fairlawn (5.9% of its workers)

Work & commute in Bath Township →

Report cards

Fairlawn places higher on 10 of 20 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.

Schools

A+Bath TownshipBetter than 96% of districts in the state AFairlawnBetter than 87% of districts in the state

Health

ABath TownshipHealthier than 86% of U.S. towns A−FairlawnHealthier than 82% of U.S. towns

7Bath Township

10Fairlawn

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #999#321 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #23#595 Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #536#211 Lowest property taxCost of living · 1041 towns #987#736 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #237#91 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #449#247 Highest incomeIncome · 1041 towns #19#216 Most affordableCost of living · 1041 towns #1008#816

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

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

Bath TownshipFairlawn

Snow a year65″47″

January low—20°F

July high—84°F

Growing season (days)—184d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)11th 7th

Outdoors & history

Bath TownshipFairlawn

Trails12 mi 5 mi

Conserved land10.4%13.1%

Settled—1960

National Register places26 —

Archive photos1 —

Community

Bath TownshipFairlawn

Library hours a week53 hrs —

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

Bath TownshipFairlawn

People

Population 9,993Highest 7,711Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.3%Lowest OH: +2.3% +3.7%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 46.5±2.3Lowest 17% above OH 46.7±5Highest 18% above OH

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

Kids under 18 23.9%±4.7Highest OH: 22% 17%±5.4Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 18.7%±2.9Lowest OH: 18.3% 25.8%±4.1Highest OH: 18.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 75.7%Highest OH: 31.5% 61.2%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.5%±1.8Lowest OH: 5.6% 6%±2.5Highest OH: 5.6%

Fairlawn 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 $167,699±$12kHighest 135% above OH $97,055±$11kLowest 36% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $474,200±$37kHighest 121% above OH $284,600±$32kLowest 32% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,679±$499Highest 159% above OH $1,239±$211Lowest 20% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,948Highest 146% above OH $3,232Lowest 15% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 22.2%±36.1Lowest OH: 45.9% 44.2%±18.1Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 3.6%Lowest OH: 13.3% 4.1%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 96.4%Highest OH: 67.2% 76.7%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 2 yrs newer than OH 1973Highest 3 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minHighest 47% above OH 22 minLowest 8% below OH

Work from home 26.7%±6.1Lowest OH: 13% 27.6%±6.9Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.4%Lowest 6.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miHighest 11.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.49Lowest 3.49Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Akron (20%)Akron (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 6% work in FairlawnFew work in Bath Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 10.4%Lowest 13.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 11.7 miHighest 4.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 5Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 16.7Lowest 56.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #23 of 624 in OH #41 of 624 in OH

School district Copley-Fairlawn City · Revere LocalCopley-Fairlawn City

High school in town Revere High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 18.7 —

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Bath Township vs Fairlawn

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,090 more a month in Bath Township

Bath Township and Fairlawn share a border

Fairlawn places higher on 10 of 20 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

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