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.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $770 more a month in Powell

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 →

Powell$3,830/mo

Typical home $570K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.78%+ · or rent about $2,194/mo · Housing →

The difference: $770 a month, about $9,200 a year, between Powell 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.

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Powell places higher on 16 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.

Safety

–Bath TownshipNot graded A−PowellSafer than 78% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+Bath TownshipBetter than 96% of districts in the state –PowellNot graded

Health

ABath TownshipHealthier than 86% of U.S. towns A+PowellHealthier than 98% of U.S. towns

4Bath Township

16Powell

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #536#64 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #999#590 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #336#41 SafestSafety · 262 towns #129#58 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #237#52 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #23#227 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #146#362 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #449#273

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

Where they are

103 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Bath TownshipSummit County PowellOH

Bath Township ↔ Powell103 miles apart

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Only big differences vs Ohio average

Bath TownshipPowell

People

Population 9,993Lowest 14,451Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.3%Lowest OH: +2.3% +23.2%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 46.5±2.3Highest 17% above OH 42.8±1.5Lowest 8% above OH

Bath Township and Powell 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% 27.6%±3.1Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 18.7%±2.9Highest OH: 18.3% 17.6%±3Lowest OH: 18.3%

Bath Township and Powell 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% 78.1%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.5%±1.8Highest OH: 5.6% 4.3%±1.7Lowest OH: 5.6%

Bath Township and Powell 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 $195,495±$11kHighest 174% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $474,200±$37kLowest 121% above OH $561,500±$26kHighest 161% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,679±$499Highest 159% above OH $2,194±$379Lowest 112% above OH

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

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%±36.1Lowest OH: 45.9% 31.1%±11.8Highest OH: 45.9%

Powell 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% 1.1%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 96.4%Highest OH: 67.2% 88%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 2 yrs newer than OH 2001Highest 31 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minHighest 47% above OH 24 minLowest 4% above OH

Work from home 26.7%±6.1Lowest OH: 13% 31.7%±4.6Highest OH: 13%

Powell 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%Highest 2.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miHighest 11.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.49Highest 0.48Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Akron (20%)Columbus (44%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 10.4%Highest 5.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 11.7 miHighest 8.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8 8

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 16.7Lowest 82.0Highest

Schools

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

School district Copley-Fairlawn City · Revere Local—

High school in town Revere High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 18.7 —

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 Powell

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Bath Township gets 41 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs $770 more a month in Powell

Powell places higher on 16 of 20 OH lists

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