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Freedom Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $200K, 2.8 years of the Akron metro’s $72K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 764th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 79% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Freedom Congregational Church is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Freedom Township beats most towns.
Where Freedom Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Freedom Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A for hazard risk (better than 91% of comparable towns) to D− for walkability (better than 2%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
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The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 4 maps from 1906 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Freedom Township, 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 Freedom Township.
Freedom Township sends most of its workers to Ravenna and beyond, but it has little public open land.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Freedom Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
19% of Freedom Township adults smoke cigarettes, against 16% in Ohio’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Freedom Township. Freedom Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9.
| Freedom Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Freedom Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.3% | 8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.2% | 15.3% |
| More smokers | 19.1% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Freedom Township has 248 jobs for its 1,245 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Freedom Township for work: only 2% work in town. 18% of Freedom Township residents live below the poverty line, where Ohio’s towns sit at 9.1% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Jobs based in Freedom Township fell to 248 in 2023, 22 fewer than in 2013.
| Freedom Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Freedom Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Freedom Township’s July high is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Just 141 of its 15,216 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Freedom Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Freedom Township Park | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3 within 15 miles of the center of Freedom Township
About 4 of every 100 Freedom Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Freedom Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,649 people in the township.
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5 towns share a border with Freedom Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Township | #764 | C+ | A− | — | B | C− |
| Shalersville Township | #506 | B | A− | — | B | C |
| Windham Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hiram Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | B |
| Garrettsville | — | — | B | — | B | B− |
| Charlestown Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C− |
Hiram Township, Garrettsville and Charlestown Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Freedom Township, Shalersville Township, Hiram Township, Garrettsville and Charlestown Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Windham Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Freedom Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Freedom Township grades C+ overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #764 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
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−.
