ZIP code 44243: Kent
Portage County · 5,670 residents
Tap water here: groundwater wells of the Breakneck Creek Wellfield, treated at City of Kent Water Treatment Plant. The water here
44243 in 10 facts
The 10 things that stand out about this ZIP against the other 1,232 in Ohio, each with its source.
- Where the water comes from Where the water here comes from: Groundwater wells (13+) of the Breakneck Creek Wellfield, tapping a shallow buried-valley aquifer close to the city's Water Treatment Plant; one well (No. 13) taps a sandstone bedrock formation. Source: EPA SDWIS
- Local history 1805 The town here was settled around 1805, earlier than 61% of the Ohio ZIPs with a researched town. Source: Ohio History Connection
- Upward mobility 62 Children from low-income families reached farther here: a household income rank of 62 at age 35, higher than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Opportunity Atlas
- Colleges 0.2 mi This ZIP sits close to a college or university: the nearest is 0.2 miles away, closer than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: NCES IPEDS
- Transit 100.0% Transit access runs strong here: 100.0% of residents live within half a mile of a stop, more than 93% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: BTS National Transit Map
- Land cover 98% This ZIP is more developed than most: 98% of the land, more than 95% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: NLCD
- Aquifer 100% This ZIP sits over a sensitive aquifer setting: 100% of the land is in an Ohio EPA sensitive geologic setting, more than 90% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Ohio EPA geology layers
- Jobs 0.03 jobs per employed resident This ZIP has few jobs relative to its residents: 0.03 jobs per employed resident, fewer than 94% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Census LEHD
- Dams 9 This ZIP has a lot of high-hazard dams nearby: 9 within 10 miles, more than 92% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: National Inventory of Dams
- Disasters 8 This ZIP has a lot of tornado history: 8 recorded with a track within 5 miles since 1950, more than 89% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: NOAA SPC tornado data
Local events in 44243
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Your ballot
Who represents 44243, and what is on its ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election.
| Chamber | District | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. House | District 13 | — | — |
| Ohio Senate | District 27 | Kristina D. Roegner | R |
| Ohio House | District 72 | Heidi Workman | R |
U.S. House districts were redrawn for 2026 (Ohio Redistricting Commission, October 31, 2025). The district shown is the one on the November 3, 2026 ballot, which may differ from the district of your current representative.
Statewide races:
- Attorney General of Ohio: Keith Faber (Republican) · John Kulewicz (Democratic)
- Auditor of State of Ohio: Annette Blackwell (Democratic) · Frank LaRose (Republican)
- Governor of Ohio: Amy Acton (Democratic) · Don Kissick (Libertarian) · Vivek Ramaswamy (Republican)
- Secretary of State of Ohio: Tom Pruss (Libertarian) · Allison Russo (Democratic) · Robert Sprague (Republican)
- Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-1-2027): Dan Hawkins (Republican) · Marilyn Zayas (Democratic)
- Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2027): Jennifer L. Brunner (Democratic) · Colleen O'Donnell (Republican)
- Treasurer of State of Ohio: Jay Edwards (Republican) · Seth Walsh (Democratic)
- U.S. Senator from Ohio: Sherrod Brown (Democratic) · Jon Husted (Republican) · Greg Levy (Other-party candidate) · Bill Redpath (Libertarian)
44243's district races:
- Ohio State Representative, District 72: Jeff Clapper (Democratic) · Michael Fricke (Libertarian) · Heidi Workman (Republican)
- Ohio State Senator, District 27: Steve Demetriou (Republican) · Mike Roberto (Democratic)
- U.S. Representative, Ohio's 13th District: Carey Coleman (Republican) · Sandeep Dixit (Independent) · Emilia Sykes (Democratic)
| Jurisdiction | Type | Question |
|---|---|---|
| Portage County | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 0.3-mill property tax levy for: Current expenses; operate alcohol, drug addiction & mental health programs of Portage County for 10 years, beginning in 2027. |
| Kent City | Income Tax (Additional) | Authorizes an additional 0.25% income tax for the police protection of Kent City, beginning January 1, 2027. |
Matched to this ZIP by jurisdiction name: Kent, Kent City.
Last day of early in-person voting — 2026-11-01. Early in-person voting at county boards of elections ends on Sunday, November 1; the hours that day are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the table above. By October 29, nearly 1.3 million Ohioans had already voted early in person or returned absentee ballots (Journal-News; Signal Ohio's counts from the Secretary of State's daily absentee file add to 1,289,090). The 2022 midterm saw 1.47 million early votes, then a record.
Where does the tap water come from?
Where the tap water comes from and what is in it: the lake, river, reservoir or aquifer behind every tap, the plant that treats it, and what the compliance record and the lab results say about it.
Where the water comes from
Groundwater (wells)Groundwater wells (13+) of the Breakneck Creek Wellfield, tapping a shallow buried-valley aquifer close to the city's Water Treatment Plant; one well (No. 13) taps a sandstone bedrock formationCity of Kent Water Treatment Plant · Kent City
Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water… · EPA SDWIS · EPA service area boundaries · Ohio EPA drinking water · Ohio EPA rate survey
Elevation 1,077–1,190 ft, averaging 1,140 ft · Kent 1,003–1,196 ft, averaging 1,069 · Portage County 909–1,343 ft (USGS 3DEP)
- primaryBreakneck Creek Wellfield (sand and gravel wells) · Buried Valley Aquifer - shallow sand-and-gravel deposit along Breakneck Creek, water table less than 15 ft below ground, no confining layer
Wells close to the Water Treatment Plant along Breakneck Creek tapping the shallow buried-valley sand-and-gravel aquifer; two new wells drilled/being drilled 2025-2026 for redundancy (4 wells)Well 9Well 10Well 11Well 12 - secondaryWell No. 13 (rock well) · Water-bearing sandstone formation (bedrock), distinct from the overlying buried-valley sand-and-gravel aquifer
Well 13 is explicitly called out in Kent's CCR as a 'rock well' tapping a sandstone formation rather than the sand-and-gravel aquifer used by the other Breakneck Creek wells (1 well)Well 13
Kent City is owned by a local government, with 6,609 service connections serving 29,662 people. Office: 330-676-7221 (SDWIS).
EPA modeled the service boundary of Kent City (random forest) rather than drawing it from the utility's map, so its edges are approximate.
Bills, 2023: a household using 5,000 gallons a month paid about $376 a year for water ($31 a month; $188 at 2,500 gallons, $601 at 8,000) and about $527 a year for sewer (Ohio EPA rate survey, inside-city rates).
- Aquifer
- Buried Valley Aquifer (Breakneck Creek wellfield)
- Active wells
- 5
- Serves
- 29,662 people · Portage County
- EPA ID
- OH6701812
About this area's water
Did you know
- Kent's tap water was named Best Tasting Municipality Water at the 1995 Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting, and Mayor Kathleen Chandler carried it onto the March 3 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
- Kent's water has earned six awards at Berkeley Springs since it first entered in 1995, including first-, second- and third-place honors, most recently fifth place in the municipal category in 2011.
- Kent sits on the Cuyahoga River but does not drink it — the city draws entirely from the Breakneck Creek Wellfield in a buried valley aquifer, and one well, No. 13, is a rock well tapping a water-bearing sandstone…
- The plant softens hard water aggressively: raw water hardness averaged 304 mg/l in 2025 and came out of the tap at 101 mg/l.
- Kent keeps an emergency pipe connection to the City of Ravenna that it typically uses only one or two days a year — 917,000 gallons over three days in 2023, and not a single gallon in 2025.
History5
- 1973Ohio EPA detail plan approval established chlorine storage for eighteen 1-ton cylinders on the loading dock next to the chlorine room — an arrangement still in use in 2025 and now cited by Ohio EPA…
- 1995Kent's tap water was named Best Tasting Municipality Water at the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting, and Mayor Kathleen Chandler appeared with it on the March 3 episode of The Tonight Show…
- 2011Kent placed fifth in the municipal water category at Berkeley Springs, its sixth award from the competition since first entering in 1995.
- 2023Ohio EPA identified four significant deficiencies at the Kent water system on January 24, all still under corrective action; separately, water and sewer rates rose 9% in January 2023 with the city…
- 2025The first of two new wells was drilled and pump tested; plant valves (sludge, lagoon and a 24-inch filter drain) were replaced and in-line pH and chlorine probes were added to the treatment process.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater is pumped from several wells close to the Water Plant in the 'Breakneck Creek Wellfield,' which taps the Buried Valley Aquifer; the exception is Well No. 13, a rock well tapping a water-bearing sandstone formation. Treatment at the City of Kent Water Treatment Plant includes softening…
Source: kentohio.govkentohio.gov
Water pressure
Not published. No psi figure appears in the 2023 or 2025 Consumer Confidence Reports or on the city's water distribution pages.
Source: kentohio.govkentohio.gov
What it costs
$6.26 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $31 a month for water.
CAUTION ON UNITS: Kent bills per 1,000 CUBIC FEET, not per 1,000 gallons. The January 2023 rate ordinance set water at $46.83 per 1,000 cubic feet (up 9% from $42.97) with a…
Source: yahoo.com
Water quality & impurities10
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Chlorination byproduct. Range 51.20-51.70. Consistently the highest-reading regulated contaminant in Kent's water. | 51.70 ppb | 80 | 2025 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Chlorination byproduct. Range 8.74-12.90. | 12.90 ppb | 60 | 2025 |
| Total Chlorine Range 0.90-1.3. Water additive to control microbes. | 1.14 ppm | 4 (MRDL) | 2025 |
| Fluoride Range 0.74-1.07. Raw water averaged only 0.17 mg/l, so nearly all of this is added. | 1.03 ppm | 4 | 2025 |
| Nitrate Runoff from fertilizer, leaching from septic tanks and sewage, erosion of natural deposits. | 0.499 ppm | 10 | 2025 |
| Chromium Discharge from steel and pulp mills; erosion of natural deposits. | 2.71 ppb | 100 | 2025 |
| Nickel Reported by the utility as NA for MCL and MCLG. | 1.37 ppb | no MCL listed | 2025 |
| Bromodichloromethane Individual trihalomethane; regulated only within the 80 ppb TTHM total. | 5.48 ppb | no individual… | 2025 |
| Chloroform Individual trihalomethane. | 5.34 ppb | no individual… | 2025 |
| Dibromochloromethane Individual trihalomethane. | 5.07 ppb | no individual… | 2025 |
Source: kentohio.gov
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2023 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
1 violation of any kind logged since 2020: 1 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
Projects & plans8
Recent and current work
- Wellfield rehabilitation of an existing well · 2023 · completed
Completed June 2023 to add redundancy while other wells undergo maintenance. No cost published. - Wellfield test drilling program · 2023 · completed
Test drillings completed in fall 2023 with favorable results; the city stated adding more wells to the raw water supply would be necessary in coming years. No… - First of two new production wells · 2025 · completed
Drilled and pump tested in 2025; expected to add significant redundancy to the Breakneck Creek Wellfield. No cost published. - Water treatment plant valve replacements and in-line probes · 2025 · completed
Sludge valves, lagoon valves and a 24-inch filter drain valve replaced; in-line pH probes and a chlorine probe added to the treatment process. No cost…
Source: kentohio.govkentohio.gov
Planned or needed
- Second new production well · 2026 · under construction
Being drilled in 2026 to complete the two-well redundancy program. No cost published. - 500,000-gallon pedisphere tank rehabilitation and painting · 2026 · under construction
Ohio EPA significant deficiency identified 1/24/2023 (unscreened venting, badly corroded access-tube ladder, poor interior and exterior coatings). Under… - 400,000-gallon ground storage tank rehabilitation and painting · 2026 · planned
Ohio EPA significant deficiency identified 1/24/2023 (anchor bolt nuts, internal overflow piping needing an external air-gap discharge, substantial interior… - Chlorine gas to liquid sodium hypochlorite conversion study · 2026 · planned
Ohio EPA flagged outdoor storage of 1-ton chlorine cylinders as an unacceptable risk to operators and the surrounding public. AECOM is under contract to…
Source: kentohio.gov
Supply stress
Ohio EPA's source water assessment rates Kent's supply as HIGHLY susceptible to contamination: the sand and gravel aquifer has a shallow depth to water of less than 15 feet, the topography is flat with loam and sandy-loam soils that let a moderate to significant share of precipitation infiltrate, no confining layer exists in many areas…
Source: kentohio.govyahoo.com
Sewers
Sanitary
The City of Kent's Water Reclamation Division operates its own Water Reclamation Facility handling residential, commercial and industrial wastewater. Design capacity is 5 MGD with a peak hydraulic capacity of 15 MGD. Treatment is built around chemical removal of phosphorus and biological removal of ammonia along with conventional…
Source: kentohio.orgkentohio.gov
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.
Water systems in this ZIP
- Kent City100% of residentsBreakneck Creek Wellfield, Buried Valley Aquifer
Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water Rate Survey (Ohio State, May 2025) for household bills; Ohio EPA DEFA loan awards since 2016 for the loans paragraph · EPA SDWIS · EPA service area boundaries · Ohio EPA drinking water · Ohio EPA rate survey
Infrastructure in this ZIP
0.1 mi of highway (SR 59) · 10 transit routes (PARTA) · 2.8 mi of large water mains mapped (Kent) · 1 registered tower · 5 public EV charger listings · 1 water works or pumping station in OpenStreetMap · 59 transit stops · 1 stormwater (MS4) permit area (City of Kent) · 1 broadcast transmitter (WSTB).
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Groundwater (wells)Groundwater wells (13+) of the Breakneck Creek Wellfield, tapping a shallow buried-valley aquifer close to the city's Water Treatment Plant; one well (No. 13) taps a sandstone bedrock formationCity of Kent Water Treatment Plant · Kent City
Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water… · EPA SDWIS · Ohio EPA source water protection
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Violations
No health-based violations since 2015No health-based violations since 2015Kent City · lead 0 ppb (2023) · 1 of any kind since 2020
Source: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled September 2026): health-based violations since 2015, all violations since 2020, lead and copper 90th-percentile results, for the system serving most of the ZIP · EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts) · EPA ECHO
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Disinfection byproducts
40 to 60TTHM 56 µg/L (2019)Kent City · HAA5 10 · worst year 74
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019: total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids (HAA5) sampled in the distribution system, nitrate, arsenic, combined radium, gross alpha and uranium at entry points; yearly means…
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PFAS
No PFAS detectedNo PFAS detectedKent City · UCMR 5, 2 samples · Ohio EPA 2020
Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026: 29 PFAS and lithium at 347 Ohio systems) and Ohio EPA statewide PFAS sampling 2019 to 2021 (1,479 systems), for the system serving most of each ZIP; Ohio EPA water treatment plant… · Ohio EPA PFAS
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Lead
No lead detectedNo lead at the 90th-percentile tapKent City · period ending 2023-12 · 65 of 6,664 service lines lead or galvanized, 2,508 unknown
Source: SDWIS lead and copper 90th-percentile tap results (Envirofacts) and EPA's service line inventory dashboard (2026 Q2 submissions), for the system serving most of each ZIP; Ohio Department of Health high-risk ZIP code list for childhood… · ODH childhood lead testing · ODH high-risk ZIP list (CCBH PDF) · Ohio EPA lead and copper · H2Ohio
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Fluoride and treatment
FluoridatedFluoridatedKent City · coagulation and settling, chlorine disinfection, lime softening, sand or media filtration
Source: CDC My Water's Fluoride (fluoridation status of each system as reported by the Ohio Department of Health, fetched 2026-09-10); SDWIS treatment table (Envirofacts): each system's registered treatment steps, inherited from the supplier for… · EPA SDWIS search
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Algal toxins
No dataGroundwater system, not monitored for algal toxins
Source: Ohio EPA public water system harmful algal bloom monitoring (geo.epa.ohio.gov DrinkingWater/HAB): microcystin results in raw and treated water since 2016 for surface-water systems, for the system serving most of each ZIP · Ohio EPA HAB information for public water systems
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Groundwater
100 to 120DRASTIC 116 · Sandstone7 well logs · median 227 ft deep
Source: ODNR Division of Geological Survey: DRASTIC groundwater vulnerability polygon at each ZIP's population center, mapped karst features, and the state water well log inventory (about 655,000 logs) counted inside each ZIP; ODNR glacial… · ODNR Geological Survey · Ohio EPA GIS services · USGS water data
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Aquifer
85% or more100% sensitive geologic settingunder 0.5% wellhead protection
Source: Ohio EPA Sensitive Geologic Settings (geology/Geology layer 0) intersected with ZCTA polygons; ODNR karst geology at the ZIP center (layer 7, point query) and karst and spring points (layer 5); Ohio EPA source water protection areas… · Ohio EPA geology layers · Ohio EPA source water protection (SWAP) · ODNR Geological Survey
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Sewage plants
1 to 3 quarters with a violationFranklin Hills Wwtp · 1.2 mi2 of 12 quarters in violation · 1.5 MGD
Source: EPA ECHO Clean Water Act facilities, Ohio NPDES permits with a publicly owned treatment works component, plants of 0.1 MGD or more or designated major: nearest plant, design flow, significant-noncompliance status, quarters in… · EPA ECHO · EPA CSO inventory · Ohio EPA GIS services · EPA Facility Finder
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Stream health
Three quarters or more100% of the land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeFeeder Canal-Breakneck Creek · bacteria (pathogens), habitat damage
Source: EPA ATTAINS, Ohio 2024 Integrated Report assessment units (1,545 watershed polygons) overlaid on ZCTAs in Albers equal-area with the Lake Erie units clipped out: share of land in units not supporting aquatic life, recreation, fish… · EPA ATTAINS · Ohio integrated report · Ohio sport fish advisory · Ohio EPA advisory map
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Watershed
Drains to Lake ErieCuyahoga subbasinFeeder Canal-Breakneck Creek · drains to Lake Erie
Source: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset: HUC-8 subbasins by resident share (2020 census blocks) and the HUC-12 subwatershed at each ZIP's population-weighted center with its downstream chain; USGS county water use 2015 (Dieter and others 2018) for… · USGS watershed boundaries · EPA EnviroAtlas · Ohio EPA 401 map · ODNR Water Withdrawal Atlas (archived copy) · USGS county water use 2015 · ODNR H2Ohio projects · ODNR Lake Erie Coastal Management Area · Ohio EPA source water protection (SWAP) · Ohio EPA nine-element plans · Ohio EPA 319, GLRI and SWIF project lists · Ohio EPA chloride reduction grants · NOAA Lake Erie water levels
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Home
The houses themselves and what they cost: who lives in them, what a typical one looks like down to the parcel record, how much new housing has gone up, and what a household pays in property tax.
Homes and income
No dataNo Census data
Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year by ZCTA: median home value, median gross rent, median household income, owner share, median year built; Eviction Lab tract estimates 2016 to 2018 (Gromis and others 2022), population-weighted to ZIPs; HUD fiscal… · Census ACS · Eviction Lab · HUD data · IRS ZIP statistics · Mapping Inequality · HUD eGIS open data · FDIC BankFind · NCUA call report data
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House by house
No dataNo homes in the parcel records
Source: Residential parcels (Ohio land-use classes 500 to 599, apartments 401 to 403, farmhouses) placed in ZIPs by scripts/join_parcels.py on 2026-09-15, the houses loading on demand; county auditors' appraisal records, house by house (year…
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Building permits
5 to 15210 housing units permitted 2016 to 2025Kent · 7.2 per 1,000 residents · 2 in 2025
Source: Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, annual place files 2016 to 2025: new privately owned housing units, buildings and construction value authorized by each Ohio permit office, given to each ZIP through the jurisdiction where most of its… · Census building permits
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Home prices
No dataNo FHFA index for this ZIP
Source: FHFA House Price Index, annual five-digit ZIP all-transactions series (repeat sales and refinance appraisals of conforming-mortgage homes, developmental, not seasonally adjusted): ten-, five- and one-year changes and the level against… · FHFA house price index · Zillow research data · Realtor.com data
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School tax
30 to 40 mills35.2 effective school millsKent City · about $2,463 a year on a $200,000 home
Source: Ohio Department of Taxation, Aggregate Property Tax Rates by School District, tax year 2025 (DTE 515), joined by IRN and weighted by each ZIP's residents in every district; school levies only; Ohio Department of Taxation The Finder rate… · Ohio tax data series · The Finder
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Utilities and getting around
The companies and networks that keep a house running and a resident moving: electric, gas, phone and internet service, and the roads, transit, rail and airports around it.
Electric
Ohio EdisonOhio EdisonInvestor-owned utility
Source: PUCO certified electric territories via ODOT plus HIFLD municipal systems (EIA-861) with ODOT corporate limits; EIA-861 reliability (outages), sales to ultimate customers (residential prices and bills), net metering and advanced meters by… · PUCO electricity · ODOT territories service · EIA-861 · DOE LEAD Tool · HIFLD retail service territories
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Gas
Enbridge Gas OhioEnbridge Gas OhioPUCO-regulated utility
Source: PUCO 2026 county map of gas distribution companies, HIFLD/EIA-176 territory polygons, ACS 2020-2024 heating fuel · PUCO natural gas · HIFLD
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Power plants
20 to 35 milesClean Energy Future-Lordstown, LLC · 25.4 migas, 858 MW · 2 plants within 10 miles
Power plants within 10 miles
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Summit Street Power PlantNatural gas · 12 MW · 0.4 mi
- Capacity
- 12 MW
- Main source
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Kent State University
- Sector
- Commercial CHP
- Where
- Kent, Portage County
- Generating units
- 2
- Built
- 2003 (first unit); newest unit 2004
- EIA plant code
- 58140
EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Cuyahoga Falls 1Petroleum · 14 MW · 7.0 mi
- Capacity
- 14 MW
- Main source
- Petroleum
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Cuyahoga Falls - (OH)
- Sector
- Electric Utility
- Where
- Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County
- Generating units
- 9
- Built
- 2018 (first unit); newest unit 2020
- EIA plant code
- 62658
EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (February 2025), with plant codes, units and years from EIA-860 2025. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (202 Ohio plants, February 2025): nearest plant, nearest plant of 100 MW or more, plants and capacity by fuel within 10 miles; USGS U.S. Wind Turbine Database (June 2026) and U.S. Large-Scale Solar… · EIA-860 · HIFLD · USGS wind turbines · USGS solar · NRC emergency planning zones
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Pipelines
1 to 3 milesNearest transmission line 1.3 miEast Ohio Gas Co (intrastate)
Source: EIA natural gas interstate and intrastate transmission pipelines via Esri's Federal User Community copy on ArcGIS Online (data last updated July 2025; 1,239 segments in and around Ohio): miles inside each ZIP by operator, distance from the… · EIA U.S. Energy Atlas · ArcGIS Online item
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Phone
AT&T OhioAT&T OhioIncumbent telephone company
Source: PUCO Telecom map service, layer 7 ILEC Company Service Area (incumbent local exchange carriers, fetched 2026-09-08) by resident share of 2020 census blocks · PUCO telephone
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Internet
Under 2% lack 100/20 service100% can get 100/20 Mbpsfiber 14% · cable 100% · 101 locations
Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, June 2024, fixed availability by H3 hexagon (Esri Living Atlas, Ohio subset); Census ACS 2020-2024 table B28002 internet subscriptions; Ookla Open Data fixed speed tests 2025 Q2 by tile, averaged inside the… · FCC broadband map · Ookla open data · Census ACS
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Cell signal
5G nearly everywhere5G on 100% of the land4G or better 100% · AT&T 100% · T-Mobile 100% · Verizon 100%
Source: FCC Mobile Broadband Data Collection, carrier-reported 4G LTE and 5G coverage by H3 hexagon (Esri Living Atlas layer last updated 24 November 2025, most likely the June 30, 2025 filing round), fetched 2026-09-08; FCC Antenna Structure… · FCC broadband map · FCC antenna registration · Ookla open data
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EV chargers
2 to 5 milesFast charger 2.1 mi: Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center DCFC5 public stations in the ZIP (8 Level 2, 0 DC fast ports) · 16 within 5 miles of its center
Public EV charging inside ZIP 44243, and the nearest outside it
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Kent State University - Student Center1 Level 2 · Kent · 0.2 mi
- Address
- 1075 Risman Dr, Kent, OH 44242
- Ports
- 1 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- Non-Networked
- Hours
- 24 hours daily; maximum session time of 4 hours; pay lot
- Price
- Free
- Phone
- 330-672-4432
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Harbourt Hall Parking Lot1 Level 2 · Kent · 0.3 mi
- Address
- 625 Loop Rd, Kent, OH 44243
- Ports
- 1 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- Non-Networked
- Hours
- 24 hours daily; 4 hour limit
- Price
- $1.25 per hour
- Phone
- 330-672-4432
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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KENT STATE R4 PERF ARTS2 Level 2 · Kent · 0.3 mi
- Address
- 1325 Theatre Dr, Kent, OH 44243
- Ports
- 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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KENT STATE R7 BOWMAN HALL2 Level 2 · Kent · 0.3 mi
- Address
- 850 Lester A Lefton Esplanade, Kent, OH 44240
- Ports
- 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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KENT STATE R8 ATB2 Level 2 · Kent · 0.4 mi
- Address
- 1411 E Summit St, Kent, OH 44243
- Ports
- 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
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Kent State University - Lot R-191 Level 2 · Kent · 0.4 mi
- Address
- Art Annex, Kent, OH 44243
- Ports
- 1 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- Non-Networked
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Price
- $1.25 per hour; Max 4 hours
- Phone
- 330-672-4432
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Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list as of May 29, 2026 (USDOT BTS copy: 2,136 Ohio electric stations, of which the 1,850 public and open are used, NREL restricted-access records such as dealer-service and hotel-guest chargers… · Alternative Fuels Data Center · BTS Alternative Fueling Stations (NTAD)
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Transit
75% or more live within half a mile of a stop100% within half a mile of a stop59 stops in the ZIP · PARTA
None inside the ZIP; the nearest station or terminal
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631 S BroadwayIntercity bus stop · Greyhound Lines/Megabus · 11.0 mi
- What it is
- Intercity bus stop
- Operator
- Greyhound Lines/Megabus
- City
- Akron
- Coordinates
- 41.06910, -81.52400
BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database and National Transit Map (2025). Bus stops are counted on the card and drawn on the full map. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
Source: USDOT BTS National Transit Map stops (National Transportation Atlas Database, 2025 vintage, fetched September 2026), plus the Springfield, Lancaster-Fairfield, Knox County Transit, WayGo and BGSU Shuttle GTFS feeds: share of residents… · BTS National Transit Map · BTS transportation atlas · Springfield City Area Transit GTFS feed · Lancaster-Fairfield Public Transit GTFS feed · Knox County Transit GTFS feed · WayGo GTFS feed · BGSU Shuttle GTFS feed
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Walkability
Below average (5.76 to 10.5)Walkability 7.3 of 20914 intersections per square mile · no EPA transit data
Source: EPA National Walkability Index (Smart Location Database 3.0, 2021) by block group, population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census block points; car-free household share from Census ACS 2020 to 2024 table B25044, or where missing the Smart… · EPA walkability index · Smart Location Database · Census ACS
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Rail crossings
No public rail crossing in the ZIP0 public crossingsnearest crossing 1 mi (Akron Barberton Cluster Railway)
Source: FRA Grade Crossing Inventory (current records, Ohio): open at-grade crossings inside each ZIP, gates, trains a day at the busiest, timetable speed, railroads; nearest crossing to the population-weighted center; FRA highway-rail grade… · FRA crossing inventory (Form 71, current) · FRA crossing incidents (Form 57) · FRA rail equipment accidents (Form 54) · FRA safety data · DOT open data
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Bridges
No dataNo bridges inside this ZIP
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025 (26,713 Ohio structures; 26,616 fall inside a ZIP area and are counted, the other 97 land outside every ZIP polygon): bridges inside each ZIP, poor-condition ratings, ages, traffic · FHWA bridge inventory · ODOT TIMS bridge inventory (live)
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Traffic
5,000 to 20,00011,312 vehicles a day on municipal road 399339 trucks · 12K vehicle-miles a day inside the ZIP
Source: ODOT traffic count segments (2025 annual average daily traffic by road segment, ODOT Transportation Information Mapping System): segments assigned to the ZIP holding their midpoint; NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System 2020 to 2024… · ODOT TIMS traffic count segments · NHTSA FARS
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Airports and Amtrak
15 to 30 milesCAK · 17 miAkron-Canton Regional · Amtrak at Alliance 20.3 mi
Source: FAA airport facilities (NASR landing-facility record) and Amtrak stations via USDOT BTS National Transportation Atlas Database, fetched September 2026: nearest airport with scheduled airline service (Part 139 class I), nearest public-use… · BTS transportation atlas
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Land, air and risk
The ground itself and what can go wrong on it: radon, flood risk, air quality, old mines and wells, and the parks, wetlands and open land still left.
Radon
Too few testsToo few radon tests2 tests reported
Source: Ohio Department of Health radon test results by ZIP code since 2010 (pre-mitigation), ZIPs with five or more tests · ODH radon program
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Flood
No residents in the floodplain0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain0% of the land is floodplain
Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, flood hazard zones, fetched 2026-09-08; OpenFEMA NFIP redacted claims for Ohio (frozen June 2026), by reported ZIP; USGS NWIS annual peak flows for the nearest active stream gauge; NOAA Atlas 14… · FEMA flood hazard layer · FEMA Map Service Center · OpenFEMA · NOAA Atlas 14 · USGS stream gauges
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Hazard risk
40 to 60Risk score 44 · higher than about 44% of US tractsHail 92 · Ice storm 92
Source: FEMA National Risk Index, census tracts, December 2025 release, population-weighted to ZIPs · FEMA National Risk Index · NRI census tract layer (ArcGIS)
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Climate
45 to 70 inches45" of snow a year · 52.3°F averageJanuary low 21° · July high 85° · 43" of precipitation
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, annual and monthly, 261 Ohio stations; each ZIP takes the nearest station reporting each element from its population-weighted center; U.S. Drought Monitor weekly county statistics 2000 to 2026… · NOAA climate normals · NOAA climate at a glance · U.S. Drought Monitor
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Air
8.5 to 9PM2.5 9 µg/m³ at East HS, 8.9 miozone 70 ppb at Lake Rockwell · Portage County median AQI 43
Source: EPA Air Quality System 2025 annual summaries: nearest PM2.5 and ozone monitors from each ZIP's population-weighted center, county AQI day counts; EPA ECHO Clean Air Act permitted sources in Ohio (air_rest_services, September 2026); EPA… · EPA air data files · EPA AirToxScreen · EPA Green Book · EPA ECHO
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Toxic sites
8 to 15 milesNearest NPL site 12.9 mi: Industrial Excess Landfill0 toxic-release reporters · 0 Superfund program sites in the ZIP
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service: Superfund NPL and SEMS sites, Toxics Release Inventory reporters (EPA geoplatform), fetched 2026-09-08; the nearest NPL site also considers sites in PA, WV, KY, IN and MI within about 20 miles of the border… · EPA Facility Registry · EPA Superfund sites · Ohio EPA cleanup sites · EPA UST Finder · EPA ECHO
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Toxic releases
No dataNo TRI-reporting facility
Source: EPA Toxics Release Inventory basic data files, Ohio, reporting years 2020 to 2024 (2024 shown, 2020 for the trend); facilities placed in the ZCTA holding their coordinates; dioxin rows reported in grams left out of pound totals · EPA TRI data files
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Dams
6 to 109 high-hazard dams within 10 milesNearest: Lake Rockwell Dam, 2.4 mi, condition poor
High-hazard dams within 10 miles
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Lake Rockwell Dam PoorCuyahoga River · condition: poor · 2.4 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Poor (assessed 03/15/2024)
- River or stream
- Cuyahoga River
- Purpose
- Water Supply
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 35 ft
- Storage
- 18,250 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1913
- Owner type
- Local Government
- County
- Portage County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Kent
- Last inspection
- 04/20/2023
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00668
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Camp Spelman Lake Dam PoorTributary To Cuyahoga River · condition: poor · 3.5 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Poor (assessed 09/13/2021)
- River or stream
- Tributary To Cuyahoga River
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 23 ft
- Storage
- 166 acre-feet
- Owner type
- Private
- County
- Portage County
- Last inspection
- 09/13/2021
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH03217
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Brimfield Lake Dam PoorTributary To Plum Creek · condition: poor · 4.0 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Poor (assessed 12/01/2021)
- River or stream
- Tributary To Plum Creek
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 16 ft
- Storage
- 227 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1959
- Owner type
- Private
- County
- Portage County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Kent
- Last inspection
- 12/01/2021
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH02286
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Tucaway Lake DamEckert Ditch · condition: fair · 5.1 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Fair (assessed 12/08/2021)
- River or stream
- Eckert Ditch
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 25 ft
- Storage
- 1,163 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1973
- Owner type
- Private
- County
- Portage County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Kent
- Last inspection
- 12/08/2021
- Emergency action plan
- No
- NID ID
- OH00670
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Steeplechase Lake DamTributary To Cuyahoga River · condition: satisfactory · 5.5 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Satisfactory (assessed 10/06/2021)
- River or stream
- Tributary To Cuyahoga River
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 21 ft
- Storage
- 36 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1989
- Owner type
- Private
- County
- Summit County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Tallmadge
- Last inspection
- 10/06/2021
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH02472
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Mogadore Reservoir Dam PoorLittle Cuyahoga River · condition: poor · 6.6 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Poor (assessed 03/08/2024)
- River or stream
- Little Cuyahoga River
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 36 ft
- Storage
- 21,000 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1938
- Owner type
- Local Government
- County
- Portage County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Springfield
- Last inspection
- 04/20/2023
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00665
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Hickory Hills Park Lake Dam PoorTributary To Mahoning River · condition: poor · 6.8 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Poor (assessed 12/01/2021)
- River or stream
- Tributary To Mahoning River
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 12 ft
- Storage
- 121 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1958
- Owner type
- Private
- County
- Portage County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Newton Falls
- Last inspection
- 12/01/2021
- Emergency action plan
- No
- NID ID
- OH02729
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Gorge Plant Dam PoorCuyahoga River · condition: poor · 8.4 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Poor (assessed 12/06/2021)
- River or stream
- Cuyahoga River
- Purpose
- Water Supply
- Type
- Concrete
- Height
- 57 ft
- Storage
- 1,149 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1912
- Owner type
- Public Utility
- County
- Summit County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Cuyahoga Falls
- Last inspection
- 12/06/2021
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00481
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Reservoir Park UpgroundLittle Cuyahoga River · condition: fair · 8.4 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Fair (assessed 10/06/2023)
- River or stream
- Little Cuyahoga River
- Purpose
- Water Supply
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 26 ft
- Storage
- 57 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1910
- Owner type
- Local Government
- County
- Summit County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Goodyear Heights
- Last inspection
- 04/20/2023
- Emergency action plan
- No
- NID ID
- OH02470
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Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, August 2026. "High hazard" rates what a failure would cost downstream, not how likely one is; the condition is the state's assessment. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (1,376 Ohio dams, August 2026; 26 Corps levees and dikes counted with their parent dam): high-hazard dams near each ZIP's population-weighted center, with the state's condition… · National Inventory of Dams
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Disasters
6 to 108 tornado tracks within 5 miles since 19502 rated F2/EF2+ · 15 federal declarations for Portage County · 4 quakes M2+ within 25 mi
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database 1950-2025 (tracks within 5 miles of each ZIP's population-weighted center), OpenFEMA disaster declarations by county since 1956, USGS earthquake catalog M2+ since 1970 within 25 miles… · NOAA SPC tornado data · OpenFEMA · USGS earthquakes · NOAA storm events · IEM warning archive
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Spills
No spill reported since 20210 spills reported since 2021none reported
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports (geo.epa.ohio.gov EmergResponse/Spills2_OpenData): cases with a location inside each ZIP, 2021 to date · Ohio EPA spills data · Ohio EPA Office of Emergency Response
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Oil and gas wells
1 to 10 wells1 well in the ZIP0 producing · 0 shale · 0 orphan · nearest 0.36 mi
Source: ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources public well inventory (242,324 well heads, fetched 2026-09-08): wells inside each ZIP by status, horizontal shale wells, injection wells, orphan-program wells · ODNR oil and gas · ODNR GIS services
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Abandoned mines
No mapped underground mineNo mapped minenearest mapped coal mine 5.9 mi
Source: ODNR Mines of Ohio: abandoned underground coal and industrial-mineral mines mapped before 1977 (5,116 polygons), overlaid on ZCTAs in Albers equal-area: share of each ZCTA's total area (land plus inland water) over a mapped mine; ODNR… · ODNR mines of Ohio · ODNR Geological Survey
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Soils
No dataUdorthentsseptic not rated
Source: USDA NRCS SSURGO via Soil Data Access: the soil map unit under each ZIP's population-weighted center with its dominant component, drainage, hydric and farmland class, flooding, and the Ohio septic and basement interpretation ratings… · USDA Soil Data Access · Web Soil Survey · Open-Meteo elevation
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Parks
Under 0.5% of the area0% public land · 0 acresWest Branch State Park 6.9 mi
Source: USGS Protected Areas Database 4.1 (Ohio state package, flattened combined layer, open-access fee, designation and easement polygons plus the six ODNR state parks PAD-US codes closed by default: Buckeye Lake, Forked Run, Hueston Woods, Lake… · USGS PAD-US · ODNR GIS services
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Wetlands
Under 1% of the land0.6% wetland · 2 acrespond 1 · forested/shrub wetland 1
Source: USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, Ohio geodatabase (imagery mostly 2004 to 2007, Lake Erie basin 2021), freshwater wetlands and ponds clipped to each ZIP (lakes and rivers excluded); Ohio EPA potential high-quality vernal pools… · USFWS wetlands inventory · Ohio EPA GIS services
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Land cover
75% or more98% developed · 6% tree canopypasture 1% · forest 1%
Source: National Land Cover Database, 2021 edition (USGS and the MRLC consortium; MRLC has since published Annual NLCD and annual tree canopy through 2025, not yet pulled here): land cover, percent impervious surface and tree canopy at 30 m… · NLCD · USDA Cropland Data Layer · ODNR pre-settlement vegetation
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People and health
Who lives here and how well: education, jobs, health and life expectancy, and how far the nearest hospital, police station or grocery store sits.
People
No dataToo few adults 25 and over for an estimate82.9% white · 11.3% Black · 2.6% Hispanic · 1.8% Asian · 1.3% foreign-born
Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year by ZCTA: educational attainment (B15003), race and Hispanic origin (B03002), nativity (B05002), veterans (B21001); IRS Statistics of Income county migration flows 2022 to 2023 for the county; Census Bureau… · Census ACS · Census population estimates · IRS migration data · USDA ERS county codes · USDA ERS commuting area codes · 2020 Census redistricting data · Census SAIPE · IRS exempt organizations
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Jobs
Under 0.25 jobs per employed resident27 jobs · 1,027 employed residentsOther services leads · residents mostly work in Kent (44240)
Source: Census LEHD LODES 8, 2023, all jobs: workplace and residence counts by census block summed into ZCTAs (workplace-only blocks by block-group or tract majority), origin-destination flows for where residents work; Census ZIP Code Business… · Census LEHD · BLS local unemployment · BLS QCEW · BEA county GDP · USAspending · OSHA enforcement data · Census ZIP Business Patterns · Census ACS · USDA ERS county typology · CDFI Fund Opportunity Zones
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Economic history
Groundwater (wells)Groundwater wells (13+) of the Breakneck Creek Wellfield, tapping a shallow buried-valley aquifer close to the city's Water Treatment Plant; one well (No. 13) taps a sandstone bedrock formationCity of Kent Water Treatment Plant · Kent City
Source: Historical economic data: Census Bureau historical county population via the NBER mirror (1900) and Census Bureau population estimates (current and peak), Census County Business Patterns, USDA Census of Agriculture, FHFA House Price Index… · FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) · Census County Business Patterns · USDA Census of Agriculture · FHFA House Price Index · BEA GDP by county · Census American Community Survey · IPUMS NHGIS historical census · Zillow Home Value Index
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Upward mobility
50th percentile or higherPercentile rank 62income rank at 35 for children of low-income parents · 4.74% incarcerated in 2010
Source: Opportunity Atlas (Chetty, Friedman, Hendren, Jones and Porter, Census Bureau): tract outcomes for children born 1978 to 1983, population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census blocks · Opportunity Atlas · Opportunity Insights data
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Social vulnerability
60th to 80th64th percentile of Ohio tractssocioeconomic 95 · household 1 · minority status 56 · housing and transport 78
Source: CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 by census tract (percentile ranks among Ohio tracts), population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census blocks · CDC/ATSDR SVI
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Health
20 to 25%22.3% in fair or poor healthobesity 31.5% · diabetes 2.4% · smoking 12.5% · depression 37.2%
Source: CDC PLACES 2025 release, ZCTA model-based estimates of adult health (BRFSS 2023, ACS): fair or poor health, obesity, diabetes, smoking, depression, lack of health insurance among adults 18-64 and more; County Health Rankings 2025… · CDC PLACES · County Health Rankings · CDC overdose data · NCI cancer profiles · HRSA data
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Life expectancy
No dataNo estimate
Source: CDC/NCHS U.S. Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP, deaths 2010-2015, 2010 census tracts) weighted into ZIPs by 2020 block population · CDC USALEEP
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Hospitals
3 to 6 milesUniversity Hospitals Portage Medical Center · 5.1 miRavenna · 267 beds · 3 within 10 miles
The nearest hospitals
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University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterGeneral hospital · Ravenna · 5.1 mi
- What it is
- General hospital
- Address
- 6847 N Chestnut Street, Ravenna, OH 44266
- County
- Portage County
- Beds
- 267
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Medicare overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- Yes
- Phone
- (330) 297-2300
- Medicare ID
- 360078
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Western Reserve Hospital, LlcGeneral hospital · Cuyahoga Falls · 9.0 mi
- What it is
- General hospital
- Address
- 1900 23Rd Street, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
- County
- Summit County
- Beds
- 245
- Ownership
- Proprietary
- Medicare overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- Yes
- Medicare reports it as
- Summa Western Reserve Hospital
- Phone
- (330) 971-7000
- Medicare ID
- 360150
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Summa Health System Akron City Hospital Trauma level IGeneral hospital · Akron · 9.5 mi
- What it is
- General hospital
- Address
- 525 E Market Street, Akron, OH 44304
- County
- Summit County
- Beds
- 649
- Trauma center
- Level I
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Medicare overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- Yes
- Medicare reports it as
- Summa Health System
- Phone
- (330) 375-3000
- Medicare ID
- 360020
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Source: HIFLD hospitals inventory via FEMA (closed hospitals it still lists left out, hospitals opened since added), with Medicare Care Compare ratings matched by name and address. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Community health centers within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond
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AxessPointe Community Health Centers/KentHealth center · Kent · 1.1 mi
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Kent
- Coordinates
- 41.15528, -81.35993
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Axess Family Services - OakwoodHealth center · Ravenna · 4.6 mi
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Ravenna
- Coordinates
- 41.16587, -81.25578
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Source: HRSA health center service delivery sites, active, September 2026 (school-based sites left out). Health centers see patients whether or not they have insurance, with fees on a sliding scale. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Dialysis centers within 5 miles
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Usrc Kent DialysisDialysis · Kent · 0.6 mi
- Address
- 1720 East Main Street, Kent, OH 44240
- Dialysis stations
- 13
- Medicare star rating
- 1 of 5 stars
- Services
- in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis
- Ownership
- for profit
- Chain
- US Renal Care, Inc.
- Medicare certified since
- 2017-02-09
- Phone
- (330) 346-0467
- Medicare ID
- 362853
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Fmc - Portage County Kidney CenterDialysis · Kent · 1.3 mi
- Address
- 401 Devon Place Ste 100, Kent, OH 44240
- Dialysis stations
- 16
- Medicare star rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Services
- in-center hemodialysis
- Ownership
- for profit
- Chain
- Fresenius Medical Care
- Medicare certified since
- 1994-12-13
- Phone
- (330) 677-0880
- Medicare ID
- 362537
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Source: CMS dialysis facility list, September 2026, geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (an address it could not place sits at its ZIP center). Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: Nearest hospital: miles from each ZIP's population-weighted center to the nearest open general or critical-access hospital in Ohio, or, within 40 miles of the state line in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Michigan, the… · CMS Care Compare data · HIFLD · HRSA data · CMS NPI files
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Nursing homes
1 to 3 milesTAMARACK RIDGE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION · 1.5 mi5 of 5 stars · 96 beds · 3 within 5 miles
Nursing homes within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Tamarack Ridge Health and Rehabilitation5 of 5 stars · Kent · 1.5 mi
- Address
- 5113 State Route 43, Kent, OH 44240
- Certified beds
- 96
- Residents on an average day
- 92
- Medicare overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 4 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- FOUNDATIONS HEALTH SOLUTIONS
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (330) 593-5300
- Medicare ID
- 366497
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Majestic Care of Kent2 of 5 stars · Kent · 2.5 mi
- Address
- 1290 Fairchild Avenue, Kent, OH 44240
- Certified beds
- 74
- Residents on an average day
- 52
- Medicare overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 1 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- MAJESTIC CARE
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (330) 678-4912
- Medicare ID
- 365834
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Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center5 of 5 stars · Kent · 3.4 mi
- Address
- 1463 Tallmadge Road, Kent, OH 44240
- Certified beds
- 79
- Residents on an average day
- 72
- Medicare overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 5 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- ALTERCARE
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (330) 296-6415
- Medicare ID
- 365300
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider file (922 Ohio homes), addresses geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (67 unmatched placed at their ZIP center); CMS penalties file (fines and payment denials since 2023, matched by name and… · CMS Care Compare data
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Crime
1 to 2.51.3 violent offenses per 1,000Kent Police · 13.2 property per 1,000 · 12 months · 83% of violent cleared
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer NIBRS incident files for Ohio, 2024 (2023 file for the trend), as downloaded in September 2026; the FBI keeps accepting agency revisions after release, so an agency's live Explorer totals for the same year can… · FBI Crime Data Explorer · USGS structures service
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Police
Under 1 mileKent State University Police Department · 0.5 mi2 stations within 3 miles · post office 1.1 mi
Police stations within 3 miles
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Kent State University Police DepartmentKent · 0.5 mi
- Address
- 530 East Summit Street, Kent, OH 44242
- Coordinates
- 41.15046, -81.34998
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Kent Police DepartmentKent · 0.8 mi
- Address
- 301 South Depeyster Street, Kent, OH 44240
- Coordinates
- 41.15156, -81.35604
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: USGS National Map structures: police stations (772 Ohio points: the inventory's 731 less 4 closed or duplicate records, with 4 wrong names corrected, plus 45 departments and sheriff's offices it lacks, placed from OpenStreetMap or the… · USGS structures service · OpenStreetMap · Census Bureau geocoder
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Fire and EMS
Under 1 mileKent Fire Department Station 1 · 0.9 mi2 stations within 3 miles, 20 within 8
Fire and EMS stations within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Kent Fire Department Station 1Kent · 0.9 mi
- Address
- 320 South Depeyster Street, Kent, OH 44240
- Coordinates
- 41.15100, -81.35689
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Kent Fire Department Station 2Kent · 1.2 mi
- Address
- 418 North Mantua Street, Kent, OH 44240
- Coordinates
- 41.15765, -81.36084
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Brimfield Fire DepartmentKent · 3.3 mi
- Address
- 1333 Tallmadge Road, Kent, OH 44240
- Coordinates
- 41.10086, -81.34587
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: USGS National Map structures inventory (fire and EMS stations; most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022): 1,772 Ohio stations after removing duplicate records and checking Columbus- and Cleveland-area stations against the cities'… · USGS structures service · Columbus fire stations · Cleveland fire stations
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Libraries
1 to 2 milesKent Free Library · 1.2 mi1 within 3 miles, 8 within 8
Public libraries within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Kent Free LibraryCentral library · Kent · 1.2 mi
- Address
- 312 W. Main St., Kent, OH 44240
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Kent Free Library
- Open
- 3,588 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 75,000 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 149,240
- System's loans, FY2024
- 554,391
- People the system serves
- 33,725
- Phone
- (330) 673-4414
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Brimfield LibraryBranch · Brimfield · 3.2 mi
- Address
- 4286 Kelso Drive, Brimfield, OH 44240
- What it is
- Branch
- Library system
- Portage County District Library
- Open
- 2,496 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 4,374 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 110,916
- System's loans, FY2024
- 409,503
- People the system serves
- 106,087
- Phone
- (330) 442-4441
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
None inside the ZIP; the nearest museum
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Kent State University PlanetariumScience or technology museum · Kent · 0.6 mi
- What it is
- Science or technology museum
- City
- Kent
- Coordinates
- 41.15360, -81.34993
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 outlet and system files (720 open Ohio central libraries and branches of 251 systems, plus 62 bookmobiles); straight-line miles from each ZIP's population-weighted center to the nearest Ohio library… · IMLS Public Libraries Survey · IMLS Museum Data Files
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Groceries
No residents in a flagged tractNo residents in a low-income, low-access tract0% over 1 mile from a supermarket
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas 2019 Large Retailer Access Map (2010 tracts, ERS's name for the file since July 2026) weighted by 2020 block population: distance to the nearest supermarket and low-income low-access flags; Census ACS… · USDA ERS Large Retailer Access Map · USDA SNAP retailers · Census ACS
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History, schools and government
How the place began, who governs it now, and the schools that serve it, from the district boundary to its state report card.
Local history
1800 to 1814Kent · settled 1805first settled, platted or incorporated (earliest year recorded)
Source: Local history researched from Wikipedia, the 1880 county histories on archive.org, Ohio History Connection, National Register listings, Ohio historical markers, local historical societies and Wikimedia Commons, one file per municipality… · Ohio History Connection · Internet Archive (county histories) · Wikimedia Commons · Remarkable Ohio (historical markers)
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Historic places
No listed place in the ZIP0 listed historic placesnearest: Ohio State Normal College At Kent, 0.4 mi
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file (3,286 points for 3,232 of Ohio's roughly 4,200 listings; listings without a point are not counted, and a listing with several points is counted once); listings inside… · National Register data · USGS GNIS
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Schools
193 city school districtsKent CityCity school district
None inside the ZIP; the nearest public schools
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Walls Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Kent · 0.7 mi
- Address
- 900 Doramor St, Kent, OH 44240
- School district
- Kent City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 354
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 35
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 77.8%
- Ohio building IRN
- 039032
- NCES school ID
- 390441601087
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Holden Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Kent · 1.1 mi
- Address
- 132 W School St, Kent, OH 44240
- School district
- Kent City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 229
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 22.98
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 84.7%
- Ohio building IRN
- 016535
- NCES school ID
- 390441601084
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
Private schools inside ZIP 44243
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Ksu Child Development CenterPrivate, nonsectarian · Kent · 0.5 mi
- Address
- 775 Loop Rd, Kent, OH 44242
- Kind
- nonsectarian
- Students, 2023-24
- 21
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2.4
- Students per teacher
- 8.75
- Phone
- (330) 672-2559
- NCES private school ID
- A0307864
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
Source: Ohio school district boundaries (U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line school districts, as of January 1, 2026) by resident share; NCES EDGE 2024-25 school buildings; NCES Private School Survey 2023-24 public-use file (schools inside the ZIP by… · ODOT GIS · NCES EDGE · NCES Common Core of Data · NCES private schools · Census SAIPE · Census school finances (F-33)
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School ratings
4.5 and 5 stars4.5 stars overallKent City · performance index 83% of the year's maximum · 96.9% graduate in four years
Source: Ohio School Report Cards 2024-2025 (Department of Education and Workforce): district overall and component star ratings, performance index, graduation rates, spending per pupil and teacher measures, for the district holding the largest… · Ohio school report cards
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Colleges
Under 3 milesKent State University at Kent · 0.2 miKent · 3 campuses within 10 miles
Colleges within 5 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Kent State University at KentPublic university · Kent · 0.2 mi
- What it is
- Public university
- City
- Kent
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 32,919
- Tuition and fees, in state
- $12,846
- Tuition and fees, out of state
- $22,316
- Graduation rate
- 65% of bachelor's students, within six years (a class of 4,232)
- IPEDS unit ID
- 203517
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Northeast Ohio Medical UniversityPublic university · Rootstown · 5.9 mi
- What it is
- Public university
- City
- Rootstown
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 1,017
- IPEDS unit ID
- 204477
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fortis College-Cuyahoga FallsFor-profit two-year college · Cuyahoga Falls · 6.8 mi
- What it is
- For-profit two-year college
- City
- Cuyahoga Falls
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 795
- Tuition and fees, in state
- $14,050
- Graduation rate
- 43% within three years (a class of 122)
- IPEDS unit ID
- 487302
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: NCES IPEDS: 2024 institutional directory (269 active Ohio institutions with coordinates, less the administrative units and the colleges that have closed since; plus 145 in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Michigan within… · NCES IPEDS
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Local government
255 citiesKent (city)Local government for nearly all residents
Source: ODOT municipal corporation and township boundaries by resident share of 2020 census blocks; Ohio EPA grants awarded in 2025 (OEPA_Achievements, MapServer layer 8); Auditor of State unauditable entities list · ODOT GIS · Auditor of State · Ohio EPA grants (OEPA_Achievements)
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Representatives
OH-14 · David Joyce (R)Senate 27 Kristina D. Roegner · House 72 Heidi Workman
Source: ODOT TIMS Boundaries US_House_District, Ohio_Senate_District and Ohio_House_District (fetched 2026-09-08) by resident share of 2020 census blocks; members from the U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House directories, September 2026 · U.S. House · Ohio Senate · Ohio House · ODOT GIS
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Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on 44243 (Kent), day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.29 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 38.3 in
- 2.5 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 27.8 in
- a normal year brings 46.4 in
- a normal year
- 42.0 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.29 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 3.13 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 4.92 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 6.70 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 2.69 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 5.45 | 0.0 | 31 |
| April 2026 | 7.05 | 0.0 | 30 |
| March 2026 | 4.41 | 0.9 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.79 | 6.1 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.87 | 20.6 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.36 | 12.0 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 1.50 | 2.1 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 1959 — 55.8 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1934 — 25.0 in |
| Snowiest year | 2010 — 106.1 in |
| Wettest day on record | 13 September 1979 — 5.68 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 2 December 1974 — 17.36 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 2 December 1974 — 21.79 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside 44243 (Kent), so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.
48,875 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-29. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for 44243 (Kent): permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 6
- those placed on the map inside 44243 (Kent)
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Hazardous waste | 5 |
| Air pollution | 1 |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Around here
ZIP codes next door
The county
Portage County: 15 ZIP codes, 29 cities, villages and townships, 169,745 people. The county in numbers.
On the map
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Quick answers
What city is ZIP code 44243?
ZIP code 44243 is the Kent, Ohio post office area in Portage County, home to 5,670 residents. Of its residents, 100% live in the city of Kent.
What county is ZIP code 44243 in?
ZIP code 44243 is in Portage County, Ohio.
Where does the tap water in ZIP code 44243 come from?
Groundwater wells (13+) of the Breakneck Creek Wellfield, tapping a shallow buried-valley aquifer close to the city's Water Treatment Plant; one well (No. 13) taps a sandstone bedrock formation. City of Kent Water Treatment Plant · Kent City.
What school district is ZIP code 44243 in?
ZIP code 44243 is in the Kent City School District.
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