SawyerwoodOH
A town of 1,241, settled in 1916.
Is Sawyerwood a good place to live?
Sawyerwood’s best subject grade is a B+ for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for health. Sawyerwood’s median age is 50.4 years, above both the Ohio town median (41.7 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). On history, just 106 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Sawyerwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Sawyerwood stand out
Where Sawyerwood beats most towns.
1,241 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Sawyerwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Sawyerwood is from typical.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 59 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sawyerwood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw15 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
6 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
35 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
35 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 Sawyerwood: who provides what
Sawyerwood 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 Sawyerwood.
Sawyerwood is less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns
Sawyerwood beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Sawyerwood, against 26% in Ohio’s towns and 23% across U.S. towns. 19% of Sawyerwood adults smoke cigarettes.
| Sawyerwood | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Sawyerwood | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.7% | 15.3% |
| More smokers | 18.9% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very low risk in Sawyerwood, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Sawyerwood
Sawyerwood has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 47 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Sawyerwood
Most working residents leave Sawyerwood for work: only 2% work in town. Sawyerwood’s average trip to work is 19 minutes. Jobs based in Sawyerwood fell to 684 in 2023, 210 fewer than in 2013.
| Sawyerwood | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $52,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A home in Sawyerwood sells for about $147K at the median
95% of households own their home in Sawyerwood.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Sawyerwood has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Springfield Lake Park | 0.1 mi | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Sawyerwood
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Sawyerwood
About 3 of every 100 Sawyerwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Sawyerwood has shrunk 10% from 2010 to 2020
1,540 counted in 2010 and 1,382 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
About Sawyerwood
CDP in Ohio, United States
Sawyerwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in north-central Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sawyerwood had a population of 1,382.
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- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
Questions about Sawyerwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sawyerwood, OH expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $134,000, 46% below the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.