Living in Roaming Shores, OH
Roaming Shores is a small town of 1,936 people in Ashtabula County, Ohio. It's about 38 miles from Youngstown, OH and 45 miles from Cleveland, OH, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 90 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $226k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,936people
$226kTypical home
$1,023/moRent
81° / 33°Summer / winter
90"Snow
180Sunny days
155Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,936
- Part of a metro area
- About 895 people per sq mi
- 45 mi to Cleveland, OH
- 38 mi to Youngstown, OH
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $226k (≈$1,426/mo)
- Median rent $1,023/mo
- Median household income $91k
- Property tax about 1.3% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 180 sunny days a year (46 totally clear)
- 185 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 155 days a year with rain or snow
- 90" of snow a year
- 31 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 22 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (117 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (370 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 50
- 25% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 38 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 46 mi to ERI airport
- 55 mi to CLE (major hub)
- 46 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 96% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1995
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 869 ft
- 274 mi to the ocean
- 16 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 24 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 39 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 172 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 18 bars within 25 mi
- 51 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 50% of Ohio districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 19 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 13 mi to the nearest vet
- 13 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 17 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Ashtabula County: R+28 in 2024
- Ohio: R+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.