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%

Boardman Township$1,320/mo

Typical home $203K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.53% · or rent about $794/mo · Housing →

Medina$2,410/mo

Typical home $383K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.25% · or rent about $1,077/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,080 a month, about $13,000 a year, between Medina and Boardman 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.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

C−Boardman TownshipSafer than 19% of U.S. towns B+MedinaSafer than 66% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−Boardman TownshipBetter than 80% of districts in the state AMedinaBetter than 86% of districts in the state

Health

BBoardman TownshipHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns B+MedinaHealthier than 65% of U.S. towns

10Boardman Township

10Medina

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #915#51 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #176#701 SafestSafety · 262 towns #229#95 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 221 towns #72#175 Most affordableCost of living · 1041 towns #341#703 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #255#23 Highest incomeIncome · 1041 towns #674#470 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #397#587

Left end = #1 in Ohio. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Boardman 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

Boardman TownshipMedina

Snow a year68″65″

January low19°F —

July high83°F —

Growing season (days)167d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)11th 5th

Outdoors & history

Boardman TownshipMedina

Trails31 mi 11 mi

Conserved land12.5%7.6%

Settled1806 1816

National Register places5 13

Archive photos2 12

Famous people born here—34

Community

Boardman TownshipMedina

Library hours a week61 hrs 58 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.

Where they are

63 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Boardman TownshipMahoning County MedinaOH

Boardman Township ↔ Medina63 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

Boardman TownshipMedina

People

Population 39,870Highest 25,950Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.7%Highest OH: +2.3% -2.2%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 43±1.3Highest 8% above OH 40.7±2.1Lowest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 20.3%±1.7Lowest OH: 22% 20.8%±2.1Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 22.6%±1.5Highest OH: 18.3% 18.8%±1.8Lowest OH: 18.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 35.3%Lowest OH: 31.5% 35.6%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±0.8Lowest OH: 5.6% 5.2%±1.3Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,619±$4kLowest 7% below OH $77,385±$6kHighest 8% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $172,100±$5kLowest 20% below OH $243,600±$9kHighest 13% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $794±$48Lowest 23% below OH $1,077±$60Highest 4% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,628Lowest 7% below OH $3,036Highest 8% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 39.7%±7Lowest OH: 45.9% 49.5%±6.6Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 13.5%Highest OH: 13.3% 8.3%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.7%Highest OH: 67.2% 67.3%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Lowest 2 yrs older than OH 1983Highest 13 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 4% below OH 24 minHighest 4% above OH

Work from home 10.5%±2Lowest OH: 13% 12.8%±2.2Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 22.9%Highest 17.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miLowest 18.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.40Highest 1.18Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Youngstown (15%)Cleveland (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MedinaFew work in Boardman Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.5%Highest 7.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 31.4 miHighest 11.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 19Highest 17Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 43.6Lowest 51.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #231 of 624 in OH #150 of 624 in OH

School district Youngstown City · Boardman LocalMedina City SD · Medina County Joint Vocational School District

High school in town Boardman High SchoolMedina High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.4Lowest 17.0Highest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Boardman Township vs Medina

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,080 more a month in Medina

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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