BrimfieldOH
With 2,979 residents, this town was settled in 1816.
Is Brimfield a good place to live?
Good marks almost everywhere you look. Incomes are where it shines — the median household earns $90K. Overall, Brimfield earns an A: better than 91% of U.S. towns, and 104th of 987 in Ohio. A typical home there costs about $200K, 2.8 years of the Akron metro’s $72K median household income. Health is another plus (B+): CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 74% of the country. 13% of the land in the town is conserved, above both Ohio’s towns (3.7%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). 97% of households live in a home they own in Brimfield, where Ohio’s towns sit at 77% and U.S. towns at 73%.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · USGS PAD-US.
What makes Brimfield stand out
Where Brimfield beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Brimfield | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9% | 14.1% |
97% of working residents leave Brimfield for work
Where Brimfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Brimfield grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Brimfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 62 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brimfield. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw19 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
9 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
34 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
33 mi Stadium & arenaRocket ArenaPhoto credits
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Progressive Field: Jsawczuk, Public domain · Huntington Bank Field: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Rocket Arena: Cards84664, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Brimfield: who provides what
Brimfield is unincorporated, so Portage County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Brimfield.
Brimfield has less food insecurity than most of Ohio, but it has commutes longer than most of Ohio.
The biggest natural risk in Brimfield is inland flooding, at a very low overall level
Brimfield’s FEMA hazard score is 11 of 100. Expected losses in Brimfield break down as 65% from inland flooding and 11% from tornadoes. It has had 3 paid flood insurance claims since 1978.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Protected land: 13.1% of Brimfield
Walkers can cover 1.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Brimfield has one park or preserve, 2 acres in all. Its concentration of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chapman Farm Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Brimfield has 0.7 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
The average commute for its 1,590 working residents takes 30.6 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
The top destinations are Akron (15%), Kent (7%) and Cleveland (6%). Only 3% of working residents stay in Brimfield for work; the rest commute out. For Brimfield, the average trip to work is 31 minutes. Half commute less than 11 miles.
| Brimfield | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Brimfield’s grade for health is a B+
Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 9% of its 2,615 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide.
The share of adults in Brimfield who say their health is fair or poor: 16%. Nearly a third of adults have obesity locally.
| Brimfield | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 38% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Brimfield | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.8% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Brimfield brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
For Brimfield, the midsummer high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Brimfield looks like Ohio by age
The midpoint age in Brimfield is 38.3 years. No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. Here, 25% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 32% in Ohio as a whole. 17% of Brimfield residents are 65 or older.
| Brimfield | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 38.3 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.3 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Brimfield | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.1% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.8% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.5% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.6% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.4% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.9% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.7% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.1% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.7% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.8% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.2% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,000, single groups can be off by several points
Everything we know about Brimfield
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Brimfield
About 5 of every 100 Brimfield residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Brimfield
Township in Ohio, US
Brimfield Township is one of the eighteen townships in Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 11,352 people in the township.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1816
- Area
- 21 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,148 ft
Questions about Brimfield
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Brimfield, OH a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Brimfield grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #104 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools.
Is Brimfield, OH expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.