Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Garrettsville’s best subject grade is an A for history; its weakest is a C for incomes. Mott Drug Store is on the National Register of Historic Places. Garrettsville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Garrettsville beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Garrettsville is from typical.
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Census counts: 658 in 1870, 2,449 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1865 and 4 maps from 1905 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Garrettsville, 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 Garrettsville.
On expected storm and flood damage, Garrettsville sits below 86% of U.S. communities. 66% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 11%. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2004.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Two of its 3 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the James A Garfield Local school district. The largest public high school is James A Garfield High School, with 362 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| James A Garfield Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 655 | B+ |
| James A Garfield High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 362 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
In Garrettsville, the peak summer temperature is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Garrettsville’s median rent is $884 a month, below both the Ohio town median ($944 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 6.6%. The share of households in Garrettsville who own their home: 67%.
| Garrettsville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 67% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $884 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Garrettsville’s income of the median household is $66,000, against $75,000 in Ohio’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Just 11% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs based locally fell to 1,038 in 2023, 162 fewer than in 2013. Half of commuters travel less than 18 miles.
| Garrettsville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $66,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Garrettsville's reported crime rate is well below Ohio's. Also worth knowing: for Garrettsville, the level of property crime is 2.8 per 1,000 residents. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2023.
| Garrettsville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 2.8 per 1,000 residents | 11.7 | 13.1 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.8 |
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
Ohio has 32% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 28%. People 65 and older are 22% of residents (18% statewide). The age of the median resident in Garrettsville is 43.5 years.
| Garrettsville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43.5 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 23% | 22% | 22% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.2 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Garrettsville | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.1% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.9% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.1% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.1% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.9% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.6% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.9% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,500, single groups can be off by several points
Walkers can cover 1.0 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Garrettsville’s trail network density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Garrettsville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bill Phelps Village Park | — | 17 |
| 2. Tom Hardesty Park | — | 12 |
| 3. Craig Moser Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Garrettsville, 36% of adults feel lonely. Two figures for adults in the town: 33% have obesity, 39% sleep under 7 hours.
| Garrettsville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Garrettsville | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.4% | 8.3% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.8% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
4 within 15 miles of the center of Garrettsville
About 3 of every 100 Garrettsville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
5 notable people were born in Garrettsville.
Village in Ohio, United States
Garrettsville is a village in northeastern Portage County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,449 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Akron metropolitan area. The village was formed from portions of Hiram, Nelson, Freedom, and Windham townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve.
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4 towns share a border with Garrettsville.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrettsville | — | — | B | — | B | B− |
| Nelson Township | #135 | A | A | — | B | C+ |
| Freedom Township | #764 | C+ | A− | — | B | C− |
| Windham Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hiram Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | B |
Garrettsville and Hiram Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Garrettsville, Nelson Township, Freedom Township and Hiram Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Windham Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Garrettsville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4 years of the area's median household income ($72,371 across the Akron, OH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
5 notable people were born here, including Hart Crane and Lucretia Garfield.
