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%

Cranberry Township$790/mo

Typical home $129K (Census) · tax rate 1.07% · or rent about $822/mo · Housing →

Bradner$1,030/mo

Typical home $164K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.28% · or rent about $666/mo · Housing →

The difference: $250 a month, about $2,900 a year, between Bradner and Cranberry 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.

Schools

ACranberry TownshipBetter than 93% of districts in the state –BradnerNot graded

Health

C−Cranberry TownshipHealthier than 18% of U.S. towns CBradnerHealthier than 31% of U.S. towns

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

Cranberry TownshipBradner

Snow a year26″21″

January low18°F 19°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)176d 186d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)34th 26th

Outdoors & history

Cranberry TownshipBradner

Settled—1876

Archive photos—5

Famous people born here—1

Community

Cranberry TownshipBradner

Library hours a week27 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

40 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Cranberry TownshipCrawford County BradnerOH

Cranberry Township ↔ Bradner40 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

Cranberry TownshipBradner

People

Population 1,436Highest 1,053Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -6.5%Lowest OH: +2.3% -1.4%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 41.8±9.4Highest 5% above OH 40.2±11.6Lowest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 22.5%±4.4Lowest OH: 22% 27.5%±7.9Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 12.2%±1.7Lowest OH: 18.3% 13.2%±3.7Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.2%Highest OH: 31.5% 9.3%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±2.9Highest OH: 5.6% 2.4%±2.4Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $68,214±$18kHighest 4% below OH $64,286±$13kLowest 10% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $128,500±$24kLowest 40% below OH $133,300±$17kHighest 38% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $822±$191Highest 21% below OH $666±$23Lowest 36% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,370Lowest 51% below OH $1,709Highest 39% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 28.1%±19.4Lowest OH: 45.9% 42.2%±29.1Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 9.1%Lowest OH: 13.3% 12.1%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.7%Highest OH: 67.2% 77.5%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1945Lowest 25 yrs older than OH 1957Highest 13 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest about the OH average 29 minHighest 23% above OH

Work from home 3.6%±2.8Lowest OH: 13% 3.8%±2.4Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 14.1%Highest 4.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 19.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Highest 0.45Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town New Washington (9%)Bowling Green (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BradnerFew work in Cranberry Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Lowest 0.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 5.9Lowest 77.6Highest

Schools

School district Buckeye Central Local—

High school in town Buckeye Central High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 14.7 —

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.

Cranberry Township vs Bradner

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $250 more a month in Bradner

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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