Montrose-GhentOH
A town of 5,903. A regional job hub with 5,368 jobs.
Is Montrose-Ghent a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Montrose-Ghent grades A overall, 148th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The median household earns $180K. Its schools rank ahead of 95% of Ohio towns and residents are healthier than 87% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $532K, 7.4 years of the Akron metro’s $72K median household income. 79% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Montrose-Ghent, above both the Ohio town median (24%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). On the outdoors, just 166 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse.
What makes Montrose-Ghent stand out
Where Montrose-Ghent beats most towns.
Every workday, about 5,284 people come to Montrose-Ghent for work
Where Montrose-Ghent’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Montrose-Ghent grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Montrose-Ghent is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 9%), so the A overall blends very different results.
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 Montrose-Ghent. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw27 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
2 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
24 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
24 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 Montrose-Ghent: who provides what
Montrose-Ghent is unincorporated, so Summit 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 Montrose-Ghent.
Montrose-Ghent draws workers from Akron and beyond and has less food insecurity than most of Ohio, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Ohio.
Montrose-Ghent stands out in Ohio and nationally: the median rent there is higher
At 7.4 years of the Akron metro’s $72K median household income, the typical home (about $532K) costs more against local pay than in 99% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. Its typical home is the priciest on its borders; Copley Township is next at $343K.
Montrose-Ghent’s median rent is $2,679 a month. The typical Montrose-Ghent home is worth about $532,000, up 3.2% in a year, about twice the Ohio typical home. 94% of Montrose-Ghent households own their home.
| Montrose-Ghent | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,679 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 94% | 77% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The median household income in Montrose-Ghent is higher than in the typical Ohio or U.S. town
5,368 jobs are based in Montrose-Ghent, 2.4 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 39.9 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
4.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Montrose-Ghent. Among 992 Ohio towns, just 10 have a higher median household income than Montrose-Ghent. The average trip to work in Montrose-Ghent is 40 minutes.
| Montrose-Ghent | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 40 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $180,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Very low risk in Montrose-Ghent, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities. Since 2003, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Montrose-Ghent.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Montrose-Ghent earns an A for health
Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 6% of its 4,175 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide. Against the 1,351 U.S. towns with household incomes like Montrose-Ghent’s, it is less healthy than 78%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Montrose-Ghent beats the Ohio average on 22 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. Among 993 Ohio towns, just 5 have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Montrose-Ghent.
| Montrose-Ghent | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 16% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 34% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Montrose-Ghent | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.3% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Montrose-Ghent
Montrose-Ghent has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 65 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Montrose-Ghent has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
Just 0 of its 6,041 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Montrose-Ghent itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Heritage Corridors of Bath Wayside Exhibit | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Montrose-Ghent
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Montrose-Ghent
About 3 of every 100 Montrose-Ghent residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Montrose-Ghent
CDP in Ohio, United States
Montrose-Ghent is a census-designated place (CDP) in Summit County, Ohio, United States, composed of the unincorporated communities of Montrose and Ghent. The population was 5,254 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 9.5 sq mi
Montrose-Ghent’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Montrose-Ghent.
Akron next door grades lower for schools (C to Montrose-Ghent’s A+) and higher for cost of living (B to D).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montrose-Ghent | #148 | A | D | — | A+ | A |
| Bath Township | #249 | A− | D | B− | A+ | A |
| Fairlawn | #346 | B+ | C | C− | A | A− |
| Akron | #963 | D | B | D | C | D |
| Copley Township | #288 | B+ | C− | — | A | B |
| Granger Township | #99 | A | C | — | A+ | B+ |
Montrose-Ghent, Copley Township and Granger Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Montrose-Ghent with a neighbor →
Questions about Montrose-Ghent
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Montrose-Ghent, OH a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Montrose-Ghent grades A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns and #148 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A for health and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Montrose-Ghent, 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 D.