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%

Brimfield Township$1,490/mo

Typical home $235K (Census) · tax rate 1.31% · or rent about $1,531/mo · Housing →

Rootstown Township$1,760/mo

Typical home $281K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.22% · or rent about $1,101/mo · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,200 a year, between Rootstown Township and Brimfield 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.

Where they are

Brimfield Township and Rootstown Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Brimfield TownshipRootstown Township

Brimfield Township ↔ Rootstown Township5.1 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Report cards

Brimfield Township places higher on 15 of 19 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+Brimfield TownshipSafer than 40% of U.S. towns –Rootstown TownshipNot graded

Schools

A−Brimfield TownshipBetter than 76% of districts in the state B+Rootstown TownshipBetter than 67% of districts in the state

Health

BBrimfield TownshipHealthier than 57% of U.S. towns B−Rootstown TownshipHealthier than 51% of U.S. towns

15Brimfield Township

2Rootstown Township

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most remote workersWork · 1019 towns #126#376 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #400#192 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #917#730 Fewest smokersHealth · 1041 towns #245#433 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #526#695 Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #559#701 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #124#264 Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #226#304

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

Brimfield TownshipRootstown Township

Snow a year45″45″

January low17°F 17°F

July high85°F 85°F

Growing season (days)189d 189d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)9th 13th

Outdoors & history

Brimfield TownshipRootstown Township

Trails10 mi 1 mi

Conserved land6.2%4.7%

Settled1816 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Brimfield TownshipRootstown Township

Library hours a week48 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.

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

Brimfield TownshipRootstown Township

People

Population 11,413Highest 8,658Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +9.4%Highest OH: +2.3% +4.6%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 41.4±3.9Highest 4% above OH 39.6±3.4Lowest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 18%±2.7Lowest OH: 22% 19.5%±3.2Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 18.7%±3.6Highest OH: 18.3% 16.9%±2.4Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36%Highest OH: 31.5% 30.8%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.3%±2.4Lowest OH: 5.6% 7.5%±2.6Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $91,132±$12kHighest 28% above OH $89,185±$13kLowest 25% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $234,800±$19kLowest 9% above OH $258,500±$19kHighest 20% above OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,531±$205Highest 48% above OH $1,101±$203Lowest 6% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,086Lowest 9% above OH $3,153Highest 12% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 40.9%±11.4Lowest OH: 45.9% 44.4%±15.4Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 7.5%Highest OH: 13.3% 7%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70%Lowest OH: 67.2% 81%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Highest 21 yrs newer than OH 1982Lowest 12 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 9% above OH 27 minHighest 16% above OH

Work from home 19%±6Highest OH: 13% 11.7%±3.7Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 5%Lowest 6.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 14.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.72Highest 0.45Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Akron (16%)Akron (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Rootstown TownshipFew work in Brimfield Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.2%Highest 4.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 9.9 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 14.6Highest 6.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #226 of 624 in OH #304 of 624 in OH

School district Field LocalRootstown Local

High school in town Field High SchoolRootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School

Students per teacherat that high school 20.1Highest 14.1Lowest

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.

Brimfield Township vs Rootstown Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $270 more a month in Rootstown Township

Brimfield Township and Rootstown Township share a border

Brimfield Township places higher on 15 of 19 OH lists

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