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%

Wooster$1,650/mo

Typical home $264K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.22% · or rent about $918/mo · Housing →

Boardman Township$1,320/mo

Typical home $203K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.53% · or rent about $794/mo · Housing →

The difference: $330 a month, about $3,900 a year, between Wooster and Boardman 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

Boardman Township gets 39 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

WoosterBoardman Township

Snow a year29″68″

January low18°F 19°F

July high84°F 83°F

Growing season (days)163d 167d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)10th 11th

Outdoors & history

WoosterBoardman Township

Trails7 mi 31 mi

Conserved land5.5%12.5%

Settled1808 —

National Register places11 5

Archive photos—2

Community

WoosterBoardman Township

Library hours a week59 hrs 61 hrs

Colleges in town2 —

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

Wooster places higher on 11 of 22 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

CWoosterSafer than 28% of U.S. towns C−Boardman TownshipSafer than 19% of U.S. towns

Schools

BWoosterBetter than 55% of districts in the state A−Boardman TownshipBetter than 80% of districts in the state

Health

BWoosterHealthier than 62% of U.S. towns BBoardman TownshipHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns

11Wooster

8Boardman Township

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #2#915 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #277#665 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #309#56 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #564#255 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #50#397 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #463#176 Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #401#231 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #352#107

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

Where they are

68 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WoosterOH Boardman TownshipMahoning County

Wooster ↔ Boardman Township68 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

WoosterBoardman Township

People

Population 26,971Lowest 39,870Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.3%Highest OH: +2.3% -1.7%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 40.1±1.8Lowest about the OH average 43±1.3Highest 8% above OH

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

Kids under 18 17.2%±1.9Lowest OH: 22% 20.3%±1.7Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 20.9%±2.1Lowest OH: 18.3% 22.6%±1.5Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36.9%Highest OH: 31.5% 35.3%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 13.3%±1.8Highest OH: 5.6% 4.6%±0.8Lowest OH: 5.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,898±$4kHighest 6% below OH $66,619±$4kLowest 7% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $214,200±$11kHighest about the OH average $172,100±$5kLowest 20% below OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $918±$52Highest 11% below OH $794±$48Lowest 23% below OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,623Lowest 7% below OH $2,628Highest 7% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 39%±6.6Lowest OH: 45.9% 39.7%±7Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 9.2%Lowest OH: 13.3% 13.5%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65.2%Lowest OH: 67.2% 70.7%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Highest 2 yrs newer than OH 1968Lowest 2 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 17 minLowest 26% below OH 22 minHighest 4% below OH

Work from home 9.3%±2.3Lowest OH: 13% 10.5%±2Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 38.8%Highest 22.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.3 miHighest 7.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.82Highest 1.40Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Orrville (4%)Youngstown (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Boardman TownshipFew work in Wooster

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.5%Lowest 12.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 7.2 miLowest 31.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 11Lowest 19Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 48.1Highest 43.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #401 of 624 in OH #231 of 624 in OH

School district Wooster CityYoungstown City · Boardman Local

High school in town Wooster High SchoolBoardman High School

Students per teacherat that high school 17.4Highest 14.4Lowest

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.

Wooster vs Boardman Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Wooster

Boardman Township gets 39 more inches of snow a year

Wooster places higher on 11 of 22 OH lists

68 miles apart

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