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

Berea places higher on 14 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

ABereaSafer than 91% of U.S. towns –Lemon TownshipNot graded

Schools

B−BereaBetter than 50% of districts in the state A−Lemon TownshipBetter than 84% of districts in the state

Health

B+BereaHealthier than 74% of U.S. towns C+Lemon TownshipHealthier than 45% of U.S. towns

14Berea

6Lemon Township

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

Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #765#43 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #108#777 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #99#598 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 221 towns #97#190 Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #416#169 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #637#279 Highest incomeIncome · 1041 towns #509#171 Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #90#421

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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%

Berea$1,690/mo

Typical home $245K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.99% · or rent about $1,062/mo · Housing →

Lemon Township$1,670/mo

Typical home $264K (Census) · tax rate 1.31% · or rent about $1,447/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

188 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BereaOH Lemon TownshipButler County

Berea ↔ Lemon Township188 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

BereaLemon Township

People

Population 18,218Highest 17,166Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.9%Lowest OH: +2.3% +21.7%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 37±2.1Highest 7% below OH 36.1±1.3Lowest 9% below OH

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

Kids under 18 19.1%±2.6Lowest OH: 22% 28.6%±3.4Highest OH: 22%

Age 65+ 17.8%±2Highest OH: 18.3% 13.3%±2.1Lowest OH: 18.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 37.2%Highest OH: 31.5% 34.9%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 13.4%±1.5Highest OH: 5.6% 4.7%±1.5Lowest OH: 5.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $74,926±$10kLowest 5% above OH $101,942±$8kHighest 43% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $198,100±$8kLowest 8% below OH $263,500±$17kHighest 23% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,062±$83Lowest about the OH average $1,447±$135Highest 40% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,934Highest 39% above OH $3,447Lowest 22% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.6%±7.1Lowest OH: 45.9% 51.2%±11.1Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 8.1%Highest OH: 13.3% 7.9%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 72.9%Lowest OH: 67.2% 79.4%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1959Lowest 11 yrs older than OH 1998Highest 28 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest about the OH average 24 minHighest about the OH average

Work from home 17.3%±3.1Highest OH: 13% 15.8%±5.3Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 8.9%Highest 7.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 11.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.86Lowest 1.09Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Cleveland (25%)Monroe (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Lemon TownshipFew work in Berea

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.5%Highest 1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 6.0 miHighest 0.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 11Highest 6Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 76.5Highest 31.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #416 of 624 in OH #169 of 624 in OH

School district Berea CityMonroe Local · Butler Technology & Career Development Schools

High school in town Berea-Midpark High SchoolMonroe High School

Students per teacherat that high school 19.6Lowest 21.2Highest

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.

Berea vs Lemon Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Berea gets 54 more inches of snow a year

Berea places higher on 14 of 20 OH lists

A typical home costs about the same each month

188 miles apart

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