Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Alliance gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $166K for a typical one, or 2.4 years of the Canton metro’s $68K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 731st of 987 in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and its crime rate is higher than 77% of U.S. towns, with 72 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 96% of U.S. towns, with 10 places on the National Register. 24% of residents live below the poverty line in Alliance, where Ohio’s towns sit at 9.1% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On walkability, just 75 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. Its National Register listings include Haines House and Alliance Bank Building.
Where Alliance beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Glamorgan| Widest gap | Alliance | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.4% | 15.3% |
Census counts: 315 in 1840, 21,672 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1864 and 5 maps from 1909 on.
10 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Alliance is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Alliance, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Alliance.
Alliance has homes that are cheap against local pay and trades workers with Canton and other neighbors.
For adults in Alliance, the share who smoke cigarettes is 21%. In Alliance, 21% of adults report frequent mental distress, and 38% feel lonely.
| Alliance | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Alliance | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.4% | 15.3% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 10.8% | 7.7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 19.5% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Alliance City school district runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Alliance High School, with 953 students. Two of its 7 schools are shown below, with the reason for each.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 584 | C |
| Alliance High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 953 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Walkers can cover 3.6 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Butler Rodman Park, at 65 acres. The density of trails for Alliance comes to 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Alliance | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. University of Mount Union | 1.5 mi | 14 |
| 2. Butler Rodman Park | 0.8 mi | 65 |
| 3. Silver Park | 0.5 mi | 51 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA puts 62% of Alliance’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 9% to hail. On expected storm and flood damage, Alliance sits below 87% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Alliance after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2006.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The level of property crime in Alliance is 20.7 per 1,000 residents. The rate of reported violence in the town is 3.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Alliance | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 20.7 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.3 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
At 2.4 years of the Canton metro’s $68K median household income, the typical home (about $166K) costs less against local pay than in 81% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. The median property tax bill is $1,331, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Alliance: 52% of households own their home. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 5%. For Alliance, the midpoint rent is $836 a month.
| Alliance | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 52% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $836 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Alliance has about as many jobs (8,616) as working residents, but only 1,945 people both live and work here.
The top destinations are Canton (7%), Jackson Township (4%) and Akron (4%). Its income of the median household is $56,000. For half of commuters, work is under 17 miles away.
| Alliance | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 22% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 9.4% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Alliance. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
25 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
16 mi Stadium & arenaTom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
33 mi Theme parkSeaWorld Ohio
16 mi LandmarkMcKinley National Memorial
30 mi TheatreBlossom Music CenterPro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium: Harrier233 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · SeaWorld Ohio: Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0 · McKinley National Memorial: CoolRockC, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blossom Music Center: Slh1078, CC BY-SA 3.0
5 within 15 miles of the center of Alliance
About 10 of every 100 Alliance residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
10 places in Alliance on the National Register of Historic Places.
37 notable people were born in Alliance.
City in Ohio, United States
Alliance is a city in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 21,672 at the 2020 census. It was established in 1854 by the merger of three smaller communities and was a manufacturing and railroad hub in the 20th century. Alliance is associated with the state flower of Ohio, the scarlet carnation, and is known as the "Carnation City". The University of Mount Union, a private liberal arts college established in 1846, is located in the city. Partially extending into Mahoning County, Alliance is part of the Canton–Massillon metropolitan area.
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3 towns share a border with Alliance.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | #731 | C+ | A | C− | B− | D |
| Washington Township | #248 | A− | A− | — | B+ | C− |
| Lexington Township | #429 | B | A | — | B+ | D |
| East Alliance | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Washington Township and Lexington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. East Alliance isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Alliance with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Alliance grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #731 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health, C− for safety and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Alliance reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade: 72 violent and 446 property crimes in 2025.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
37 notable people were born here, including Perry King and Yuri Lowenthal.
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