Is Suffield Township a good place to live?
Suffield Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $217K for a typical one, or 3 years of the Akron metro’s $72K median household income. It grades A− overall, 199th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $81K. On hazard risk, just 159 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Wingfoot Lake State Park, at 98 acres.
What makes Suffield Township stand out
Where Suffield Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Suffield Township for work
Where Suffield Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Suffield Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Suffield Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 59 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Suffield Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw15 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
11 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
38 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
37 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 Suffield Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Suffield Township, 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 Suffield Township.
Top of a very low hazard risk in Suffield Township: inland flooding
Suffield Township’s FEMA risk score stands at 10 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 63% come from inland flooding and 11% from tornadoes. Federal aid has come to Suffield Township households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2004.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Suffield Township’s schools beat 67% of Ohio districts
Public schools: the Field Local school district. Its one school is below. Suffield Township’s only public school teaches 421 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suffield Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 421 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Protected land: 7.6% of Suffield Township
Across 1 park or preserve: 6.3 miles of trail. In Suffield Township, the concentration of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile, where Ohio’s towns sit at 0.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Suffield Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wingfoot Lake State Park | 0.9 mi | 98 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents commute out of Suffield Township
Suffield Township has 784 jobs for its 2,945 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Among residents in Suffield Township, 4.8% live below the poverty line. In Suffield Township, the typical journey to work is 27 minutes, against 24 minutes in Ohio’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Employers in Suffield Township shed 109 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 784. The top destinations are Akron (20%), Cleveland (4%) and Tallmadge (3%).
| Suffield Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Suffield Township is older than the Ohio average
Here, 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 32% in Ohio as a whole. People 65 and older are 28% of residents (18% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide). Also worth knowing: in Suffield Township, the age of the median resident is 47.1 years.
| Suffield Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 28% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 47.1 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.4 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 76% are men (OH 51%).
| Suffield Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.4% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.2% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.9% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.9% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.4% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.7% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.6% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Suffield Township: 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
Suffield Township ranks healthier than 56% of the country’s towns
For adults in Suffield Township, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 25%. This Ohio town does better than the Ohio average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1.
| Suffield Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 26% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Suffield Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.1% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Suffield Township sells for about $465K
In Suffield Township, 82% of households live in a home they own. The town’s typical rent comes in at $988 a month.
| Suffield Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $988 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Suffield Township
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Suffield Township
About 3 of every 100 Suffield Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Suffield Township
Township in Ohio, US
Suffield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 5,973 people in the township. Suffield was founded in 1802 and formally organized in 1818. It is best known as being the home of the Wingfoot Lake Airship Hangar, which serves as the operations center for the Goodyear Blimps and the home base for the semi-rigid airship Wingfoot One.
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- Area
- 25 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,181 ft
Suffield Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Suffield Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffield Township | #199 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | B |
| Mogadore | #88 | A | A− | B | A− | B |
| Brimfield Township | #544 | B | C | C+ | B+ | B |
| Randolph Township | #781 | C | C+ | — | B | C |
| Springfield Township | #904 | C− | B | D | B− | C |
| Tallmadge | #243 | A− | B− | B | B+ | B+ |
Suffield Township and Randolph Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Suffield Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Suffield Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Suffield Township, OH a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Suffield Township grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #199 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Suffield Township, OH expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $217,000, 12% 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+.