MacedoniaOH
A town of 12,147, settled in 1908.
Is Macedonia a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Macedonia grades B overall, 440th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. Natural-hazard risk is low. The median household earns $101K and its schools rank ahead of 86% of Ohio towns. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $347K, 4.8 years of the Akron metro’s $72K median household income. Macedonia’s median rent is $2,190 a month, where Ohio’s towns sit at $943 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Longwood Manor is on the National Register of Historic Places. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 74% of U.S. towns.
What makes Macedonia stand out
Where Macedonia beats most towns.
How Macedonia grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Macedonia is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 60 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Macedonia. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
3 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
17 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
16 mi Stadium & arenaRocket ArenaPhoto credits
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Pro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · 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 Macedonia: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Macedonia, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Macedonia.
Macedonia trades workers with Cleveland and other neighbors and has less food insecurity than most of Ohio, but it reports more crime than Northfield and its other graded neighbors.
Macedonia faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 94% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Macedonia.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Macedonia’s grade for schools is an A
Its A for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $347K.
Its public schools are run by the Nordonia Hills City school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Nordonia High School, with 1,223 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ledgeview Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 433 | A |
| Nordonia High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,223 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Macedonia’s grade for cost of living is a C−
The median property tax bill is $4,393, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
90% of households own their home in Macedonia. The typical Macedonia home is worth about $347,000, up 2.3% in a year, 41% above the Ohio typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Residents of Macedonia are healthier than 74% of U.S. towns
Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 8.9% of its 9,868 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide.
Macedonia beats the Ohio average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 15% of Macedonia adults report frequent mental distress.
| Macedonia | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Macedonia | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.9% | 14.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10% | 15.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 6.7% of Macedonia
2.2 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Longwood Park, at 143 acres with 1.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Macedonia | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Longwood Park | 1.1 mi | 143 |
| 2. Sugarbush Park | 0.1 mi | 11 |
| 3. Veterans Memorial Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Macedonia has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Macedonia has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Macedonia’s July high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Macedonia
Macedonia has about as many jobs (7,001) as working residents, but only 286 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Macedonia for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Macedonia has added 1,225 jobs, to 7,001 in 2023. The top destinations are Cleveland (18%), Solon (6%) and Akron (5%).
| Macedonia | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 15% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Macedonia sees more crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns
Each of the 3 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Northfield (B) to Hudson (A). Reported crimes rose from 176 to 355 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate in Macedonia is 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Macedonia | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 14.2 per 1,000 residents | 11.7 | 13.1 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
Everything we know about Macedonia
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Macedonia
About 5 of every 100 Macedonia residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
About Macedonia
City in Ohio, United States
Macedonia is a city in northern Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,168 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb in the Akron metropolitan area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 9.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 988 ft
- ZIP code
- 44056
Macedonia’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Macedonia.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macedonia | #440 | B | C− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Northfield Center Township | #179 | A− | B− | — | A | B |
| Twinsburg Township | #46 | A+ | B− | — | A | A− |
| Twinsburg | #165 | A− | C− | A− | A | B+ |
| Hudson | #42 | A+ | D | A | A+ | A |
| Northfield | #324 | B+ | B+ | B | A | C− |
| Oakwood | #916 | C− | C+ | — | C | C− |
Northfield Center Township, Twinsburg Township and Oakwood report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Macedonia with a neighbor →
Questions about Macedonia
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Macedonia, OH a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Macedonia grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #440 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B+ for health, C+ for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Macedonia, OH expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
What is Macedonia, OH known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Denzel Ward and Rob Sims.