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%

Rootstown Township$1,760/mo

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

Ottawa Township$1,320/mo

Typical home $218K (Census) · tax rate 0.96% · or rent about $796/mo · Housing →

The difference: $440 a month, about $5,300 a year, between Rootstown Township and Ottawa 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

Rootstown Township gets 34 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

Rootstown TownshipOttawa Township

Snow a year45″11″

January low17°F —

July high85°F —

Growing season (days)189d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)13th 71st

Outdoors & history

Rootstown TownshipOttawa Township

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land4.7%0.6%

Community

Rootstown TownshipOttawa Township

Library hours a week—41 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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

Ottawa Township places higher on 12 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.

Schools

B+Rootstown TownshipBetter than 67% of districts in the state AOttawa TownshipBetter than 85% of districts in the state

Health

B−Rootstown TownshipHealthier than 51% of U.S. towns BOttawa TownshipHealthier than 56% of U.S. towns

5Rootstown Township

12Ottawa Township

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

Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #173#944 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #730#183 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #406#849 Most remote workersWork · 1019 towns #376#823 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #786#411 Lowest property taxCost of living · 1041 towns #722#388 Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #304#116 Fewest smokersHealth · 1041 towns #433#245

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

Where they are

146 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Rootstown TownshipPortage County Ottawa TownshipPutnam County

Rootstown Township ↔ Ottawa Township146 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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Only big differences vs Ohio average

Rootstown TownshipOttawa Township

People

Population 8,658Highest 8,007Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.6%Highest OH: +2.3% +2.4%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 39.6±3.4Lowest about the OH average 42.4±2.6Highest 7% above OH

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

Kids under 18 19.5%±3.2Lowest OH: 22% 22.8%±3Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 16.9%±2.4Lowest OH: 18.3% 17.9%±2.7Highest OH: 18.3%

Ottawa 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+ 30.8%Lowest OH: 31.5% 34.6%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.5%±2.6Highest OH: 5.6% 6.8%±2.2Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $89,185±$13kLowest 25% above OH $89,511±$14kHighest 25% above OH

Ottawa 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 $258,500±$19kHighest 20% above OH $217,900±$15kLowest about the OH average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,101±$203Highest 6% above OH $796±$96Lowest 23% below OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,153Highest 12% above OH $2,086Lowest 26% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 44.4%±15.4Highest OH: 45.9% 40.4%±18.2Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 7%Highest OH: 13.3% 5.9%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81%Lowest OH: 67.2% 82.2%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Highest 12 yrs newer than OH 1975Lowest 5 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 16% above OH 23 minLowest 4% below OH

Work from home 11.7%±3.7Highest OH: 13% 5%±2Lowest OH: 13%

Work in townworking residents 6.8%Lowest 27.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.8 miLowest 18.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.45Lowest 1.04Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Akron (12%)Ottawa (24%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.7%Highest 0.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miLowest 1.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.8Lowest 9.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #304 of 624 in OH #116 of 624 in OH

School district Rootstown LocalOttawa-Glandorf Local

High school in town Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High SchoolOttawa-Glandorf High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.1Lowest 20.7Highest

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.

Rootstown Township vs Ottawa Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $440 more a month in Rootstown Township

Rootstown Township gets 34 more inches of snow a year

Ottawa Township places higher on 12 of 19 OH lists

146 miles apart

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