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 →

Pepper Pike$4,880/mo

Typical home $730K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.73%+ · or rent about $3,501/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,810 a month, about $21,700 a year, between Pepper Pike 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; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Life in each

Pepper Pike gets 48 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 TownshipPepper Pike

Snow a year65″114″

January low—17°F

July high—81°F

Growing season (days)—164d

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

Outdoors & history

Bath TownshipPepper Pike

Trails12 mi 7 mi

Conserved land10.4%10.7%

National Register places26 —

Archive photos1 6

Famous people born here—5

Community

Bath TownshipPepper Pike

Library hours a week53 hrs 67 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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

Pepper Pike places higher on 15 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 APepper PikeSafer than 94% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+Bath TownshipBetter than 96% of districts in the state APepper PikeBetter than 90% of districts in the state

Health

ABath TownshipHealthier than 86% of U.S. towns A+Pepper PikeHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns

6Bath Township

15Pepper Pike

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #999#440 SafestSafety · 262 towns #129#13 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #23#345 Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #23#180 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #336#85 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #237#95 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #130#1 Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #536#410

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

Where they are

23 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Bath TownshipPepper Pike

Bath Township ↔ Pepper Pike23 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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Only big differences vs Ohio average

Bath TownshipPepper Pike

People

Population 9,993Highest 6,840Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.3%Lowest OH: +2.3% +13.7%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 46.5±2.3Lowest 17% above OH 51.6±4.4Highest 30% above OH

Pepper Pike 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% 18.7%±3.4Lowest OH: 22%

Bath Township and Pepper Pike 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% 24.7%±3.5Highest OH: 18.3%

Pepper Pike 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%Lowest OH: 31.5% 81.1%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.5%±1.8Lowest OH: 5.6% 5.8%±1.8Highest OH: 5.6%

Pepper Pike 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±$12kLowest 135% above OH $227,813±$45kHighest 219% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $474,200±$37kLowest 121% above OH $579,600±$40kHighest 170% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,679±$499Lowest 159% above OH $3,501Highest 239% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,948Lowest 146% above OH $10,000+Highest at least 254% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 22.2%±36.1Highest OH: 45.9% 0%±52.2Lowest OH: 45.9%

Bath Township and Pepper Pike 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% 1.8%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 96.4%Highest OH: 67.2% 95.3%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Highest 2 yrs newer than OH 1969Lowest 1 yr older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minHighest 47% above OH 23 minLowest about the OH average

Work from home 26.7%±6.1Highest OH: 13% 18.5%±3.4Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.4%Highest 4.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.49Highest 1.11Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Akron (20%)Cleveland (37%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Pepper PikeFew work in Bath Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 10.4%Lowest 10.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 11.7 miHighest 7.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 16.7Lowest 33.2Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #23 of 624 in OH #180 of 624 in OH

School district Copley-Fairlawn City · Revere LocalOrange City

High school in town Revere High SchoolOrange High School

Students per teacherat that high school 18.7Highest 12.7Lowest

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.

Bath Township vs Pepper Pike

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,810 more a month in Pepper Pike

Pepper Pike gets 48 more inches of snow a year

Pepper Pike places higher on 15 of 21 OH lists

23 miles apart

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