Summit County, Ohio

Summit County has a population of 537,864 and has shrunk 0.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $208,700, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $71,622.

Home price
$208,700
Income
$71,622
Population
537,864
Unemployment
5.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$208,700county
Median gross rent$1,026county
Median year homes here were built1966county
Share of homes built before 198068.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant6.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented32.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,260county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,268county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$985county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,547county
Home insurance / yr$2,118(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living94.3(statewide)
Median household income$71,622county
Family health premium / yr$22,618(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,071(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.907(statewide)
Poverty rate12.8%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home14.8%county
Unemployment rate5.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force64.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.9%county
Share of workers employed by government11.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.6%county
Economic output per resident$75,017county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.53%county
Top state income tax2.75%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.75%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.29%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time23.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service14 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport380232county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.6 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here3county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station26 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.9%county
Traffic deaths17.3county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher35.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.8%county
Public schools in the county139county
Public school enrollment68119county
Students per full-time teacher15.6county
Free lunch eligible34.2%county
Elementary schools73county
Middle schools29county
High schools31county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public66.7%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians98county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county7county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter9.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year11.2%county
Frequent mental distress17.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.0%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population537,864county
Land area in square miles413county
People per square mile of land1303.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores87county
Convenience stores58county
Share living far from a food store23.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract2.4%county
Population change since 2020-0.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age41.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.4%county
Share of households that are one person32.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.0%county
Second languages7.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls48.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents92county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in12,272county
Households that moved away12,490county
Average income of arriving households$63,549county
Average income of departing households$69,809county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes2county
Housing units authorised in the latest year546county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings17.0%county
Violent crime rate294(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature50.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation36.8 incounty
Annual snowfall41.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.80 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F12 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing128 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days180 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 28county
Average first fall frostOct 25county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$103county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh16.2¢county
Household electricity use776 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.46(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity13.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas82.8%county
Homes heated by propane1.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.5%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband91.6%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk94.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk51.7county
Hail risk99.2county
Earthquake risk78.3county
Tornado risk91.1county
Tropical cyclone risk61.2county
Extreme heat risk90.3county
Winter weather risk95.5county
Strong wind risk97.0county
Wildfire risk53.2county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Summit County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Ohio figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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