Roaming ShoresOH
A town of 1,600, settled in 1980.
Is Roaming Shores a good place to live?
The best of Roaming Shores’ subject grades is a B+ for incomes; the weakest is a D for walkability. Roaming Shores’ average trip to work is 38 minutes, above both Ohio’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). No town in Ohio scores lower than Roaming Shores on history. Roaming Shores has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Roaming Shores stand out
Where Roaming Shores beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Roaming Shores for work
Where Roaming Shores’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Roaming Shores grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Roaming Shores is from typical.
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Moving to Roaming Shores: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Roaming Shores, 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 Roaming Shores.
Compared with most of Ohio and the rest of the country, more of Roaming Shores’ households own their home
97% of Roaming Shores households own their home, where Ohio’s towns sit at 77% and U.S. towns at 73%. The typical Roaming Shores home is worth about $348,000, up 3.1% in a year, 42% above the Ohio typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
On CDC estimates, Roaming Shores is less healthy than 78% of U.S. towns
Roaming Shores beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 44% of Roaming Shores adults have obesity.
| Roaming Shores | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Roaming Shores | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Roaming Shores stands out in Ohio and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
0.8% of working residents work locally in Roaming Shores. Since 2013, Roaming Shores has lost 46 jobs, to 68 in 2023. 6.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Roaming Shores.
| Roaming Shores | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 7.7% | 9.7% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Roaming Shores
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Roaming Shores since 2011.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More middle-aged adults than Ohio overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 48% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide). Roaming Shores’ median age is 49.9 years. 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Roaming Shores | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.9 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.3 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Roaming Shores | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.6% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.9% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 22.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.4% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.9% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.1% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.1% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.2% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.1% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.7% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
In Roaming Shores, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Roaming Shores has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Roaming Shores is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rock Creek Trailhead Parking - WRGT | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Roaming Shores
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Roaming Shores; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Roaming Shores residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Roaming Shores
Village in Ohio, United States
Roaming Shores is a village in Rome and Morgan townships, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,586 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 869 ft
Roaming Shores’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Roaming Shores.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roaming Shores | — | — | C+ | — | B− | C− |
| Rock Creek | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rome Township | — | — | B | — | B− | D |
| Morgan Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C− |
Roaming Shores, Rome Township and Morgan Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Roaming Shores, Rome Township and Morgan Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Rock Creek isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Roaming Shores with a neighbor →
Questions about Roaming Shores
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Roaming Shores, 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 C+.