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%

Suffield Township$1,370/mo

Typical home $217K (Census) · tax rate 1.26% · or rent about $988/mo · Housing →

Bazetta Township$1,110/mo

Typical home $171K (Census) · tax rate 1.50% · or rent about $860/mo · Housing →

The difference: $260 a month, about $3,100 a year, between Suffield Township and Bazetta 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

Bazetta Township places higher on 9 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

–Suffield TownshipNot graded B−Bazetta TownshipSafer than 50% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−Suffield TownshipBetter than 76% of districts in the state –Bazetta TownshipNot graded

Health

BSuffield TownshipHealthier than 57% of U.S. towns C+Bazetta TownshipHealthier than 38% of U.S. towns

8Suffield Township

9Bazetta Township

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

Most remote workersWork · 1019 towns #205#919 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #796#284 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #913#501 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #345#23 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #422#189 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #547#858 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #586#323 Most affordableCost of living · 1041 towns #588#334

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

Suffield TownshipBazetta Township

Snow a year47″40″

January low20°F 18°F

July high84°F 82°F

Growing season (days)184d 176d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)10th 13th

Outdoors & history

Suffield TownshipBazetta Township

Trails6 mi 15 mi

Conserved land7.6%24.9%

Famous people born here—1

Community

Suffield TownshipBazetta Township

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

35 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Suffield TownshipPortage County Bazetta TownshipTrumbull County

Suffield Township ↔ Bazetta Township35 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

Suffield TownshipBazetta Township

People

Population 6,005Highest 5,888Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.4%Lowest OH: +2.3% +0.6%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 47.1±4.8Lowest 19% above OH 50.1±6.5Highest 26% above OH

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

Kids under 18 18.5%±4.6Highest OH: 22% 17.7%±5Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 27.9%±4.8Lowest OH: 18.3% 28.2%±4.6Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 26.3%Lowest OH: 31.5% 27.4%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.2%±1.9Lowest OH: 5.6% 3.5%±1.9Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $81,250±$18kHighest 14% above OH $80,899±$12kLowest 13% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $217,300±$22kHighest about the OH average $170,800±$23kLowest 20% below OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $988±$173Highest 4% below OH $860±$88Lowest 17% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,743Highest about the OH average $2,563Lowest 9% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.5%±18.1Highest OH: 45.9% 32.1%±16.9Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 4.8%Lowest OH: 13.3% 5.8%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.1%Lowest OH: 67.2% 84.6%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Lowest same as OH 1976Highest 6 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 16% above OH 21 minLowest 9% below OH

Work from home 16.4%±6.4Highest OH: 13% 3.5%±3.1Lowest OH: 13%

Work in townworking residents 3.4%Lowest 4.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 14.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.27Lowest 1.14Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Akron (20%)Warren (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Bazetta TownshipFew work in Suffield Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.6%Lowest 24.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 6.3 miLowest 15.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.8Highest 5.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #127 of 624 in OH—

School district Field Local—

High school in town None in town—

Ohio average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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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.

Suffield Township vs Bazetta Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Suffield Township

Bazetta Township places higher on 9 of 19 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

35 miles apart

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