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 →

Wooster$1,650/mo

Typical home $264K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.22% · or rent about $918/mo · Housing →

The difference: $330 a month, about $3,900 a year, between Wooster 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.

Life in each

Boardman Township gets 39 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

Boardman TownshipWooster

Snow a year68″29″

January low19°F 18°F

July high83°F 84°F

Growing season (days)167d 163d

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

Outdoors & history

Boardman TownshipWooster

Trails31 mi 7 mi

Conserved land12.5%5.5%

Settled—1808

National Register places5 11

Archive photos2 —

Community

Boardman TownshipWooster

Library hours a week61 hrs 59 hrs

Colleges in town—2

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

Wooster places higher on 11 of 22 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

C−Boardman TownshipSafer than 19% of U.S. towns CWoosterSafer than 28% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−Boardman TownshipBetter than 80% of districts in the state BWoosterBetter than 55% of districts in the state

Health

BBoardman TownshipHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns BWoosterHealthier than 62% of U.S. towns

8Boardman Township

11Wooster

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #915#2 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #665#277 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #56#309 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #255#564 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #397#50 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #176#463 Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #231#401 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #107#352

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

Where they are

68 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Boardman TownshipMahoning County WoosterOH

Boardman Township ↔ Wooster68 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 TownshipWooster

People

Population 39,870Highest 26,971Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.7%Lowest OH: +2.3% +4.3%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 43±1.3Highest 8% above OH 40.1±1.8Lowest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 20.3%±1.7Highest OH: 22% 17.2%±1.9Lowest OH: 22%

Boardman Township and Wooster 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% 20.9%±2.1Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 35.3%Lowest OH: 31.5% 36.9%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±0.8Lowest OH: 5.6% 13.3%±1.8Highest OH: 5.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,619±$4kLowest 7% below OH $66,898±$4kHighest 6% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $172,100±$5kLowest 20% below OH $214,200±$11kHighest about the OH average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $794±$48Lowest 23% below OH $918±$52Highest 11% below OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,628Highest 7% below OH $2,623Lowest 7% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 39.7%±7Highest OH: 45.9% 39%±6.6Lowest OH: 45.9%

Boardman Township and Wooster 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% 9.2%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.7%Highest OH: 67.2% 65.2%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Lowest 2 yrs older than OH 1972Highest 2 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 4% below OH 17 minLowest 26% below OH

Work from home 10.5%±2Highest OH: 13% 9.3%±2.3Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 22.9%Lowest 38.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miLowest 9.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.40Lowest 1.82Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Youngstown (15%)Orrville (4%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.5%Highest 5.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 31.4 miHighest 7.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 19Highest 11Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 43.6Lowest 48.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #231 of 624 in OH #401 of 624 in OH

School district Youngstown City · Boardman LocalWooster City

High school in town Boardman High SchoolWooster High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.4Lowest 17.4Highest

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.

Boardman Township vs Wooster

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Wooster

Boardman Township gets 39 more inches of snow a year

Wooster places higher on 11 of 22 OH lists

68 miles apart

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