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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

6Lemon Township

14Berea

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

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

Left end = #1 in Ohio. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Lemon Township’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%

Lemon Township$1,670/mo

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

Berea$1,690/mo

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

Lemon TownshipButler County BereaOH

Lemon Township ↔ Berea188 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

Lemon TownshipBerea

People

Population 17,166Lowest 18,218Highest

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

Median age 36.1±1.3Lowest 9% below OH 37±2.1Highest 7% 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 28.6%±3.4Highest OH: 22% 19.1%±2.6Lowest OH: 22%

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

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

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

Cost of living

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

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.2%±11.1Highest OH: 45.9% 42.6%±7.1Lowest 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 7.9%Lowest OH: 13.3% 8.1%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 15.8%±5.3Lowest OH: 13% 17.3%±3.1Highest 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 7.9%Lowest 8.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miHighest 11.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BereaFew work in Lemon Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1%Lowest 12.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.8 miLowest 6.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 11Highest

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

Schools

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

School district Monroe Local · Butler Technology & Career Development SchoolsBerea City

High school in town Monroe High SchoolBerea-Midpark High School

Students per teacherat that high school 21.2Highest 19.6Lowest

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.

Lemon Township vs Berea

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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