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 →

Montgomery$4,470/mo

Typical home $682K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.58% · or rent about $1,605/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,410 a month, about $16,900 a year, between Montgomery and Bath Township.

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.

Life in each

Bath Township gets 51 more inches of snow a year

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 TownshipMontgomery

Snow a year65″14″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)11th 10th

Outdoors & history

Bath TownshipMontgomery

Trails12 mi 4 mi

Conserved land10.4%5.2%

Settled—1796

National Register places26 5

Archive photos1 8

Famous people born here—5

Community

Bath TownshipMontgomery

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.

Report cards

Montgomery 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

–Bath TownshipNot graded A−MontgomerySafer than 83% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+Bath TownshipBetter than 96% of districts in the state A+MontgomeryBetter than 95% of districts in the state

Health

ABath TownshipHealthier than 86% of U.S. towns AMontgomeryHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns

8Bath Township

13Montgomery

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #999#290 SafestSafety · 262 towns #129#42 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #449#127 Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #536#222 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #146#374 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #23#227 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #237#144 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #336#205

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

Where they are

195 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Bath TownshipSummit County MontgomeryOH

Bath Township ↔ Montgomery195 miles apart

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 TownshipMontgomery

People

Population 9,993Lowest 10,855Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.3%Lowest OH: +2.3% +5.9%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 46.5±2.3Highest 17% above OH 43.3±4Lowest 9% above OH

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

Kids under 18 23.9%±4.7Lowest OH: 22% 29.4%±4.6Highest OH: 22%

Montgomery and Bath Township 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% 23.4%±3.8Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 75.7%Highest OH: 31.5% 73.5%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.5%±1.8Highest OH: 5.6% 2.2%±1.1Lowest OH: 5.6%

Bath Township and Montgomery 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 $150,995±$16kLowest 112% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $474,200±$37kLowest 121% above OH $545,100±$41kHighest 154% above OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,679±$499Highest 159% above OH $1,605±$200Lowest 55% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,948Lowest 146% above OH $8,614Highest 205% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 22.2%±36.1Lowest OH: 45.9% 51.8%±10.7Highest OH: 45.9%

Montgomery 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%Highest OH: 13.3% 3.3%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 96.4%Highest OH: 67.2% 90.1%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 2 yrs newer than OH 1976Highest 6 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minHighest 47% above OH 21 minLowest 9% below OH

Work from home 26.7%±6.1Highest OH: 13% 21.7%±3.8Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.4%Highest 5.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miHighest 9.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.49Lowest 2.16Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Akron (20%)Cincinnati (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MontgomeryFew work in Bath Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 10.4%Highest 5.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 11.7 miHighest 4.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8 8

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 16.7Lowest 55.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #23 of 624 in OH #35 of 624 in OH

School district Copley-Fairlawn City · Revere LocalSycamore Community City

High school in town Revere High SchoolSycamore High School

Students per teacherat that high school 18.7Highest 15.3Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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 Montgomery

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,410 more a month in Montgomery

Bath Township gets 51 more inches of snow a year

Montgomery places higher on 13 of 21 OH lists

195 miles apart

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