ZIP code 44253: Litchfield Township and Litchfield
Medina County · 3,438 residents · Litchfield post office; 84% of residents live in the township of Litchfield Township
- 1830Local history
- 5Social vulnerability
- 1987House by house
- 46.6 units per 1,000 residentsBuilding permits
Tap water here comes from Lake Erie, treated at Avon Lake Regional Water - Water Filtration Plant. The water here
44253 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: Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant. Source: EPA SDWIS
- Local history 1830 The town here was settled around 1830, later than 75% of the Ohio ZIPs with a researched town. Source: Ohio History Connection
- Social vulnerability 5 Social vulnerability runs low here: an average tract rank of 5 out of 100 on the CDC index, lower than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI
- House by house 1987 The housing stock here is newer than most: a median year built of 1987, newer than 91% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Medina County Auditor
- Building permits 46.6 units per 1,000 residents New housing has grown fast here: 46.6 units permitted per 1,000 residents from 2016 through 2025, more than 89% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Census building permits
- Oil and gas wells 559 This ZIP has a lot of oil and gas wells: 559 counted by ODNR, more than 89% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: ODNR oil and gas
- Sewage plants 12 quarters The nearest sewage plant has a rough record: in violation 12 of the last 12 quarters, more than 78% of Ohio ZIPs' nearest plants. Source: EPA ECHO
- Fire and EMS 0.2 mi This ZIP sits close to a fire or EMS station: the nearest is 0.2 miles away, closer than 85% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: USGS structures service
- Hazard risk 19 Natural hazard risk runs low here: a FEMA National Risk Index score of 19, lower than 86% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: FEMA National Risk Index
- Homes and income $283,300 Home values run high here: a median of $283,300, more than 85% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Census ACS
Local events in 44253
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Your ballot
Who represents 44253, and what is on its ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election.
| Chamber | District | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. House | District 7 (89% of residents) | — | — |
| U.S. House | District 5 (11% of residents) | — | — |
| Ohio Senate | District 22 (89% of residents) | Mark Romanchuk | R |
| Ohio Senate | District 13 (11% of residents) | — | R |
| Ohio House | District 67 (89% of residents) | Melanie Miller | R |
| Ohio House | District 54 (11% of residents) | Kellie Deeter | 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.
This ZIP code is split between districts. Your street address decides which one is on your ballot; your county board of elections' sample ballot shows it.
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)
44253's district races:
- Ohio State Representative, District 67: Melanie Miller (Republican) · Heather Sample (Democratic)
- U.S. Representative, Ohio's 7th District: Max Miller (Republican) · Brian Poindexter (Democratic)
| Jurisdiction | Type | Question |
|---|---|---|
| Litchfield Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 3-mill property tax levy for the fire protection & EMS of Litchfield Township for 5 years, beginning in 2026. |
| Chatham Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 0.5-mill property tax levy to maintain & operate cemeteries of Chatham Township for 5 years, beginning in 2027. |
| Litchfield Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 1-mill property tax levy for the roads & bridges of Litchfield Township for 5 years, beginning in 2026. |
| York Township | Bond (Additional) | Authorizes York Township to issue $5,050,000 in bonds for the fire protection, repaid by a property tax levy over 29 years, beginning in 2026. |
Matched to this ZIP by jurisdiction name: Chatham Township, Chatham Township Township, Grafton Township, Grafton Township Township, Litchfield Township, Litchfield Township Township, Penfield Township, Penfield Township Township, York Township, York Township Township.
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
Lake ErieLake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plantAvon Lake Regional Water - Water Filtration Plant · Rural Lorain Co. Water A
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 804–1,127 ft, averaging 960 ft · Medina County 771–1,320 ft (USGS 3DEP)
- intakeLake Erie 54-inch intake · Lake Erie
One of two separate offshore intake pipes serving the Avon Lake filtration plant on Lake Road - intakeLake Erie 36-inch intake · Lake Erie
The other of two separate offshore intake pipes serving the Avon Lake filtration plant on Lake Road
Rural Lorain Co. Water A as a whole draws on: Mostly Lake Erie (bought from Avon Lake); some New London Reservoir and Ashland wells.
Also connected to New London Village (Buck Creek, impounded in New London's upground reservoir), Ashland City (Jerome Fork Basin sand-and-gravel aquifer (wells)), used as a secondary or emergency supply.
Rural Lorain Co. Water A is owned by a local government, with 23,200 service connections serving 73,125 people. Office: 440-355-5121 (SDWIS).
Bills, 2023: a household using 5,000 gallons a month paid about $672 a year for water ($56 a month; $398 at 2,500 gallons, $934 at 8,000) (Ohio EPA rate survey, inside-city rates).
- Water bodies
- Lake Erie
- Raw intakes
- Avon Lake Lake Erie
- Serves
- 23,659 people · Lorain County
- EPA ID
- OH4700311
About this area's water
Did you know
- RLCWA doesn't treat a drop of its own water -- every gallon is purchased pre-treated from three separate utilities and blended before it reaches a customer's tap.
- The New London Reservoir covers 220 acres and holds 1.4 billion gallons when full, fed by Buck Creek, a branch of the Vermilion River.
- Ashland's 12 supply wells tap the Jerome Fork basin at depths ranging from just 70 feet down to 300 feet.
- In 2023 RLCWA delivered an average of 5,744,491 gallons of drinking water a day -- all of it bought from someone else.
History5
- 2014City of Ashland's radium sample (0.189 pCi/L) collected -- the oldest result still carried forward in RLCWA's 2023 CCR table.
- 2016The federal Revised Total Coliform Rule took effect on April 1, changing how RLCWA and its sellers monitor for coliform bacteria.
- 2018Last radium and alpha-emitter samples on record for the New London source: radium 1.04 pCi/L and alpha emitters 5.4 pCi/L, both under their MCLs.
- 2020New London and Ashland were sampled for six PFAS compounds under Ohio's statewide PFAS initiative; none were detected in finished water.
- 2023RLCWA failed to collect corrosion-control water quality parameter samples at the Ohio EPA-required frequency in July-December, triggering a public notice.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
RLCWA operates no treatment plant; it blends finished water from three sellers: Avon Lake Regional Water (Lake Erie), the Village of New London (New London Reservoir, fed by Buck Creek) and the City of Ashland (12 Jerome Fork wells). All three filter and disinfect.
Water pressure
Not published; no service pressure or pressure-zone figures appear in the 2023 CCR.
What it costs
RLCWA's 2023 CCR does not publish a residential rate schedule.
Water quality & impurities8
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Range 19.2-79.8 ppb across the blended distribution system; no violation. | 59.825 ppb | 80 ppb (MCL) | 2023 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Range 7-48.6 ppb; byproduct of disinfection. | 38 ppb | 60 ppb (MCL) | 2023 |
| Lead (90th percentile) Zero of 32 samples exceeded the action level. | <2.0 ppb | 15 ppb action… | 2023 |
| Copper (90th percentile) Zero of 32 samples exceeded the action level. | 0.0559 ppm | 1.3 ppm action… | 2023 |
| Turbidity (New London source) Range 0.05-0.36 NTU from soil runoff; 100% of samples met the standard, no violation. | 0.36 NTU | TT: 0.3 NTU in… | 2023 |
| Radium (combined 226/228, New London) Well under the limit; most recent New London sample on record. | 1.04 pCi/L | 5 pCi/L (MCL) | 2018 |
| PFBA (unregulated, UCMR5) PFAS breakdown product, just over the 0.005 ppb minimum reporting level. | 0.0051 ppb | no MCL… | 2023 |
| Nitrate Highest of the three sources (Avon Lake); range 0.134-0.96 ppm, well below the limit. | 0.96 ppm | 10 ppm (MCL) | 2023 |
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
3 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 3 for required testing that was missed or reported late.
EPA compliance record · Avon Lake City (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (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).
Supply stress
No source of its own -- RLCWA depends entirely on three sellers. Ohio EPA found no direct pollution source for Avon Lake's Lake Erie intake; New London's reservoir sees soil-runoff turbidity; and Ashland's Jerome Fork wellfield is rated 'high susceptibility' for thin clay cover and a shallow water table.
Sewers
Sanitary
RLCWA is a water-only authority distributing purchased water across rural Lorain and Huron county communities; its materials describe no sewer service.
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.
Water systems in this ZIP
- Rural Lorain Co. Water A95% of residentsMostly Lake Erie (bought from Avon Lake); some New London Reservoir and Ashland wells
- Medina Co/northwest5% of residentsLake Erie
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
11.1 mi of highway (SR 18, SR 83) · 4.38 mi of railroad (Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway) · 0.96 mi of gas transmission pipeline (NEXUS) · 1.87 mi of electric transmission line (ATSI) · 8.51 mi of large water mains mapped (Medina County Sanitary Engineer, Rural Lorain County Water Authority) · 1 dam (Shilo Lake Dam) · 1 substation · 8 grade crossings (Wheeling & Lake Erie) · 3 registered towers · 27 brine injection or gas storage wells · 1 fire or EMS station · 3 mapped water tanks, towers or pump stations (North Tank, South Tank, MCSE Spieth Pump Station) · 9.33 mi of trail and bike route · 10 bridges and culverts in the inventory · 1 site with underground fuel tanks in use · 7 other permitted dischargers (Ammo Depot, Cd Litchfield Llc, Hungry Bear Restaurant) · 17 biosolids application fields (sludge from Collinwood BioEnergy, Medina Co SD No 500 Liverpool WWTP, Medina Co SD #300 Hinckley WWTP).
Draw them17 layers on the mapIntakes and plants
Lake ErieLake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plantAvon Lake Regional Water - Water Filtration Plant · Rural Lorain Co. Water A
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 2015Rural Lorain Co. Water A · lead 0 ppb (2025) · 3 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 47 µg/L (2019)Rural Lorain Co. Water A · HAA5 24 · worst year 53
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 detectedRural Lorain Co. Water A · Avon Lake Regional Water Filtration Plant (purchased supply) · UCMR 5, 25 samples
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 tapRural Lorain Co. Water A · period ending 2025-12 · 0 of 24,908 service lines lead or galvanized
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
FluoridatedFluoridatedRural Lorain Co. Water A via Avon Lake City · corrosion control, coagulation and settling, chlorine disinfection, iron and manganese removal
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
Under 5 µg/L in raw waterRaw water up to 0.72 µg/L microcystinAvon Lake City (supplies Rural Lorain Co. Water A) · 2016-10
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
No dataNo vulnerability rating214 well logs · median 56 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
60 to 85%68% 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
Every quarter in violationLagrange Wpcp · 7.4 mi12 of 12 quarters in violation · 0.72 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
Half to three quarters55% of the land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeSalt Creek-East Branch Black River · bacteria (pathogens), other
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 ErieBlack-Rocky subbasinTown of Litchfield-East Branch Black River · 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
$250,000 to $350,000Median home $283,300household income $91,500 · rent $2,032 · 89% own
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
1980 to 1999Median year built 19871,371 homes · $328K median appraised
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… · Medina County Auditor · Lorain County Auditor
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Building permits
30 to 604,508 housing units permitted 2016 to 2025Medina County building department · 46.6 per 1,000 residents · 376 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
100 to 150%+100% in ten years+57% in five · +2% in 2025
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
22 to 25 mills24.4 effective school millsBuckeye Local · about $1,705 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
25 electric cooperativesLorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Electric cooperative
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
Columbia Gas of OhioColumbia Gas of OhioPUCO-regulated utility · 25% of homes heat with utility gas
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 milesWest Lorain · 21.9 migas, 500 MW · 0 plants within 10 miles
The nearest power plant
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WellingtonPetroleum · 1 MW · 10.4 mi
- Capacity
- 1 MW
- Main source
- Petroleum
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
- Sector
- Electric Utility
- Where
- Wellington, Lorain County
- Generating units
- 1
- Built
- 1998
- EIA plant code
- 7878
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 2.8 miNEXUS Gas Transmission (interstate) · 1 mi of pipe in the ZIP
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
FrontierFrontier NorthIncumbent 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 92% · cable 40% · 1,526 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 on 75 to 95%5G on 92% of the land4G or better 100% · AT&T 100% · T-Mobile 81% · 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
5 to 10 milesFast charger 8.7 mi: City Hall Parking Deck0 public stations in the ZIP (0 Level 2, 0 DC fast ports) · 0 within 5 miles of its center
None inside the ZIP; the nearest public charging sites
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OFFICE-LMRE #2 LMRE HQ4 Level 2 · Spencer · 6.4 mi
- Address
- 495 N Main St, Spencer, OH 44275
- Ports
- 4 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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OFFICE-LMRE #3 LMRE HQ6 Level 2 · Spencer · 6.4 mi
- Address
- 1 Cooperative Way, Spencer, OH 44275
- Ports
- 6 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 ↗
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
No transit stop within half a mile of anyone0% within half a mile of a stop0 stops in the ZIP
None inside the ZIP; the nearest station or terminal
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Lorain County Transportation and Community CenterIntercity bus stop · Greyhound Lines · 14.5 mi
- What it is
- Intercity bus stop
- Operator
- Greyhound Lines
- City
- Elyria
- Coordinates
- 41.36857, -82.10391
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
Least walkable (1 to 5.75)Walkability 4.2 of 200 intersections per square mile · 0% near transit
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
4 to 106 public crossings5 gated · up to 4 trains a day · Wheeling & Lake Erie
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 bridge rated poor10 bridges, 0 rated poortypical build year 2003 · busiest SR 18, 4,049 vehicles a day
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 20,0006,573 vehicles a day on SR 18376 trucks · 67K 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 milesCLE · 19 miCleveland-Hopkins International · Amtrak at Elyria 14.5 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
4 to 8 pCi/L4.9 pCi/L average radon106 tests · 44% above 4 pCi/L · median 3.3
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
Under 2% of residents0.5% of residents in the 1% floodplain2% of the land is floodplain, 1% more in the 0.2% zone · zone X (0.2%)
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
Under 20 (lowest fifth of US tracts)Risk score 19 · higher than about 19% of US tractsWildfire 75 · Winter weather 74
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
30 to 45 inches36" of snow a year · 48.6°F averageJanuary low 17° · July high 82° · 41" 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
7.5 to 8.5PM2.5 8.1 µg/m³ at Chippewa, 9.1 miozone 68 ppb at Chippewa · Medina 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 13.9 mi: Republic Steel Corp. Quarry0 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
1 or 21 high-hazard dam within 10 milesNearest: Findley Lake Dam, 9.7 mi, condition poor
High-hazard dams within 10 miles
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Findley Lake Dam PoorWellington Creek · condition: poor · 9.7 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Poor (assessed 08/29/2024)
- River or stream
- Wellington Creek
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 33 ft
- Storage
- 2,480 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1956
- Owner type
- State
- County
- Lorain County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Wellington
- Last inspection
- 12/13/2023
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00438
National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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 107 tornado tracks within 5 miles since 19503 rated F2/EF2+ · 17 federal declarations for Medina County · 3 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
5 to 145 spills reported since 2021mostly oils and hydraulic fluid · 1 reached water
Spills reported since 2021 inside ZIP 44253
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road) Reached water2021-05-29 · Litchfield Twp · 0.3 mi
- Reported
- 2021-05-29
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Litchfield Twp, Medina County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2105EPA0000763
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Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2026-02-27 · Litchfield Twp · 0.5 mi
- Reported
- 2026-02-27
- What spilled
- Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
- Where
- Litchfield Twp, Medina County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2602EPA0000258
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-12-20 · Litchfield Twp · 0.7 mi
- Reported
- 2021-12-20
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Litchfield Twp, Medina County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2112EPA0001887
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Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2023-03-05 · Litchfield Twp · 1.6 mi
- Reported
- 2023-03-05
- What spilled
- Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
- Where
- Litchfield Twp, Medina County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2303EPA0000343
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Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)2026-04-14 · Chatham Twp · 3.4 mi
- Reported
- 2026-04-14
- What spilled
- Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
- Where
- Chatham Twp, Medina County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2604EPA0000633
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Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
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
More than 200 wells559 wells in the ZIP103 producing · 0 shale · 35 orphan · nearest 0.15 mi
Shale and injection wells inside ZIP 44253
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Brandt 28-W InjectionInjection well (Class II) · Well drilled · 2.6 mi
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Status (ODNR)
- Well drilled
- County
- Medina County
- API well number
- 34103606260000
- Coordinates
- 41.12908, -82.03457
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources well inventory (September 2026): drilled Utica, Marcellus and horizontal wells and Class II injection wells not plugged. Older vertical wells are on the full map. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
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 15.7 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 dataWaterseptic 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
0.5 to 2%1.4% public land · 242 acresCamp Belden Wildlife Area · Findley State Park 8.8 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
1 to 3%2.8% wetland · 497 acrespond 251 · forested/shrub wetland 228 · emergent wetland 18
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
5% to 15%8% developed · 21% tree canopycropland 31% · pasture 29% · forest 27%
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
25 to 40%26.2% bachelor's or higher97.1% white · 0% Black · 1.8% Hispanic · 0% 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 resident381 jobs · 1,835 employed residentsManufacturing leads · residents mostly work in Medina (44256)
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
Lake ErieLake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plantAvon Lake Regional Water - Water Filtration Plant · Rural Lorain Co. Water A
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
45th to 50thPercentile rank 46income rank at 35 for children of low-income parents · 0.38% 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
Average tract rank in Ohio's least vulnerable fifth5th percentile of Ohio tractssocioeconomic 22 · household 7 · minority status 6 · housing and transport 9
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
16 to 20%19.1% in fair or poor healthobesity 38.8% · diabetes 14% · smoking 16.3% · depression 24.8%
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
76 to 7977.9 years life expectancy6 tracts, from 75.3 to 79.8
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
6 to 10 milesLodi Community Hospital · 9.1 miLodi · 20 beds · 1 within 10 miles
The nearest hospitals
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Lodi Community HospitalCritical access hospital · Lodi · 9.1 mi
- What it is
- Critical access hospital
- Address
- 225 Elyria Street, Lodi, OH 44254
- County
- Medina County
- Beds
- 20
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Medicare overall rating
- not rated
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- Yes
- Phone
- (330) 948-1222
- Medicare ID
- 361303
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Medina General HospitalGeneral hospital · Medina · 10.1 mi
- What it is
- General hospital
- Address
- 1000 E Washington Street, Medina, OH 44256
- County
- Medina County
- Beds
- 148
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Medicare overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- Yes
- Medicare reports it as
- Medina Hospital
- Phone
- (330) 725-1000
- Medicare ID
- 360091
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Mercy Health - Allen Hospital, LlcCritical access hospital · Oberlin · 13.5 mi
- What it is
- Critical access hospital
- Address
- 200 West Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH 44074
- County
- Lorain County
- Beds
- 25
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Medicare overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- Yes
- Medicare reports it as
- Mercy Allen Hospital
- Phone
- (440) 775-1211
- Medicare ID
- 361306
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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.
The nearest health centers
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Medina CountyHealth center · Medina · 8.8 mi
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Medina
- Coordinates
- 41.16031, -81.85906
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OberlinHealth center · Oberlin · 12.8 mi
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Oberlin
- Coordinates
- 41.28409, -82.21796
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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.
The nearest dialysis center
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Davita Medina Square DialysisDialysis · Medina · 8.7 mi
- Address
- 740 North Court Street, Medina, OH 44256
- Dialysis stations
- 8
- Medicare star rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Services
- in-center hemodialysis
- Ownership
- for profit
- Chain
- DaVita
- Medicare certified since
- 2018-03-13
- Phone
- (330) 721-7824
- Medicare ID
- 362873
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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
6 to 12 milesLIFE CARE CENTER OF MEDINA · 6.1 mi4 of 5 stars · 149 beds · 0 within 5 miles
The nearest nursing homes
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Life Care Center of Medina4 of 5 stars · Medina · 6.1 mi
- Address
- 2400 Columbia Rd, Medina, OH 44256
- Certified beds
- 149
- Residents on an average day
- 109
- Medicare overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 3 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 4 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (330) 483-3131
- Medicare ID
- 365085
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Keystone Pointe Health and Rehabilitation5 of 5 stars · Lagrange · 6.1 mi
- Address
- 383 Opportunity Way, Lagrange, OH 44050
- Certified beds
- 121
- Residents on an average day
- 111
- Medicare overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 5 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 4 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- FOUNDATIONS HEALTH SOLUTIONS
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 355-4616
- Medicare ID
- 366372
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Medina Bsd Opco Llc2 of 5 stars · Medina · 8.2 mi
- Address
- 550 Miner Dr, Medina, OH 44256
- Certified beds
- 60
- Residents on an average day
- 52
- Medicare overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 2 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 4 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- 10 fines totalling $81,720, 1 payment denial (latest 2026-05-11)
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (330) 725-1550
- Medicare ID
- 365774
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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
Under 1 violent offense per 1,0000.4 violent offenses per 1,000Medina County Sheriff · 3.7 property per 1,000 · 12 months · 50% 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
4 to 7 milesSpencer Police Department · 6.7 mi0 stations within 3 miles · post office 6.8 mi
The nearest police stations
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Spencer Police DepartmentSpencer · 6.7 mi
- Address
- 109 North Main Street, Spencer, OH 44275
- Coordinates
- 41.10054, -82.12330
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Lagrange Police DepartmentLagrange · 6.8 mi
- Address
- 355 South Center Street, Lagrange, OH 44050
- Coordinates
- 41.23858, -82.11650
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 mileLitchfield Township Fire and Rescue · 0.2 mi1 station within 3 miles, 11 within 8
Fire and EMS stations within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Litchfield Township Fire and RescueLitchfield · 0.2 mi
- Address
- 9487 Norwalk Road, Litchfield, OH 44253
- Coordinates
- 41.16860, -82.03173
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Chatham Township Fire DepartmentSpencer · 4.7 mi
- Address
- 6429 Kohli Drive, Spencer, OH 44275
- Coordinates
- 41.09855, -82.02576
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Grafton Township Fire DepartmentGrafton · 4.8 mi
- Address
- 17109 State Highway 83, Grafton, OH 44044
- Coordinates
- 41.23590, -82.02240
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
4 to 7 milesBuckeye Branch: · 5.6 miMedina County District Library · 0 within 3 miles, 3 within 8
The nearest libraries
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Buckeye Branch:Branch · Medina · 5.6 mi
- Address
- 6625 Wolff Road, Medina, OH 44256
- What it is
- Branch
- Library system
- Medina County District Library
- Open
- 2,808 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 17,580 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 566,020
- System's loans, FY2024
- 2,898,154
- People the system serves
- 153,551
- Phone
- (330) 725-4415
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Keystone-Lagrange Community LibraryBranch · Lagrange · 6.4 mi
- Address
- 133 E. Commerce St., Lagrange, OH 44050
- What it is
- Branch
- Library system
- Elyria Public Library
- Open
- 3,120 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 5,988 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 193,232
- System's loans, FY2024
- 684,711
- People the system serves
- 62,006
- Phone
- (440) 322-0119
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.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos inside ZIP 44253
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Litchfield Historical SocietyHistorical society · Litchfield · 1.6 mi
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Litchfield
- Coordinates
- 41.14399, -82.02339
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 tract97% over 1 mile from a supermarket · 2% of households on SNAP (ACS)
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
1830 to 1849Litchfield Township · settled 1830first 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: Cook, Zimri, House, 4.7 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
369 local school districtsBuckeye LocalLocal school district
None inside the ZIP; the nearest public schools
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Buckeye Primary School5 of 5 stars · Medina · 5.4 mi
- Address
- 3180 Columbia Rd, Medina, OH 44256
- School district
- Buckeye Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 602
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 33
- Report card, 2025-26
- 5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 92.5%
- Ohio building IRN
- 042457
- NCES school ID
- 390484703266
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Buckeye Digital AcademyMedina · 5.4 mi
- Address
- 3044 Columbia Rd, Medina, OH 44256
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 0
- NCES school ID
- 390484706147
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.
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 stars4 stars overallBuckeye Local · performance index 86.5% of the year's maximum · 98.5% 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
3 to 8 milesMedina County Career Center · 6.6 miMedina · 1 campus within 10 miles
The nearest colleges
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Medina County Career CenterPublic career school · Medina · 6.6 mi
- What it is
- Public career school
- City
- Medina
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 52
- IPEDS unit ID
- 203942
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Lorain County Joint Vocational School DistrictPublic career school · Oberlin · 11.7 mi
- What it is
- Public career school
- City
- Oberlin
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 168
- IPEDS unit ID
- 409591
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-BrunswickFor-profit two-year college · Brunswick · 12.6 mi
- What it is
- For-profit two-year college
- City
- Brunswick
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 140
- Graduation rate
- 61% within three years (a class of 33)
- IPEDS unit ID
- 363882
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
1308 townshipsLitchfield Township, Medina County84% of residents, then Penfield Township, Lorain County
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-7 · Max Miller (R)Senate 22 Mark Romanchuk · House 67 Melanie Miller
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 44253 (Litchfield Township and Litchfield), day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 2.17 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 35.3 in
- about normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 30.0 in
- a normal year brings 46.5 in
- a normal year
- 40.5 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 2.17 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 4.31 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 4.55 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 2.69 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.87 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.66 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 6.82 | 0.1 | 30 |
| March 2026 | 3.54 | 0.7 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.73 | 7.9 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.92 | 21.4 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.35 | 10.9 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 1.65 | 2.6 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 61.9 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 19.4 in |
| Snowiest year | 1910 — 81.7 in |
| Wettest day on record | 5 July 1969 — 3.79 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 9 November 1913 — 17.96 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 9 November 1913 — 22.01 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside 44253 (Litchfield Township and Litchfield), 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.
48,480 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 44253 (Litchfield Township and Litchfield): 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
- 9
- those placed on the map inside 44253 (Litchfield Township and Litchfield)
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 4 |
| Air pollution | 3 |
| Hazardous waste | 2 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| MEQ3-08-10 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge director's approval | |
| BAUMAN OIL | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| GREAT LAKES PORTABLES | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| LITCHFIELD VETERINARY CLINIC INC | Air pollution permit | |
| VALLEY AUTO WORKS | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| SELECT AUTO BODY | Air pollution inspection | |
| LITCHFIELD VETERINARY CLINIC INC | Air pollution notice of violation | |
| LITCHFIELD VETERINARY CLINIC INC | Air pollution notice of violation | |
| HOOK-N-HAUL LLC | Hazardous waste violation resolved | |
| HOOK-N-HAUL LLC | Hazardous waste cleanup response | |
| HOOK-N-HAUL LLC * | Hazardous waste notice of violation | |
| LITCHFIELD PROPERTIES INC DBA LITCHFIELD SUNOCO | Air pollution permit |
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
Places in this ZIP
- Litchfield Townshiptownship84% of residents
- Penfield Townshiptownship9% of residents
- Chatham Townshiptownship3% of residents
- York Townshiptownship2% of residents
- Grafton Townshiptownship2% of residents
School districts
ZIP codes next door
The county
Medina County: 13 ZIP codes, 26 cities, villages and townships, 180,994 people. The county in numbers.
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Quick answers
What city is ZIP code 44253?
ZIP code 44253 is the Litchfield, Ohio post office area in Medina County, home to 3,438 residents. Of its residents, 84% live in Litchfield Township, 9% in Penfield Township, 3% in Chatham Township and 2% in York Township.
What county is ZIP code 44253 in?
ZIP code 44253 lies mostly in Medina County, Ohio, and reaches into Lorain County.
Where does the tap water in ZIP code 44253 come from?
Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant. Avon Lake Regional Water - Water Filtration Plant · Rural Lorain Co. Water A. Rural Lorain Co. Water A buys its water from Avon Lake City. Avon Lake City treats water from Lake Erie.
What school district is ZIP code 44253 in?
ZIP code 44253 is mostly in the Buckeye Local School District; parts are in the Keystone Local School District.
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