ALICE IN SUMMIT COUNTY - Ohio United Way

1 SUMMIT , 2015. ALICE IN SUMMIT COUNTY . 2015 Point-in-Time Data % ALICE . COUNTY Subdivisions Total HH &. Poverty Population: 541,968 | Number of Households: 220,792. Akron City 83,684 57% Median Household Income: $51,309 (state average: $51,075). Barberton City 10,551 53% Unemployment Rate: (state average: ). Bath Township 3,597 15% Gini Coefficient (zero = equality; one = inequality): (state average: ). Boston Heights Village 453 16%. Boston Township 572 21%. Clinton Village Copley Township 465. 6,761. 32%. 20%. How many households are struggling? Coventry Township 4,888 38% ALICE , an acronym for Asset Cuyahoga Falls City 21,654 40% Limited, Income Constrained, 39153. Fairlawn City 3,345 30% Employed, are households that earn Green City 10,291 27% more than the Federal Poverty Level, 14%. Hudson City 7,834 10% but less than the basic cost of living Poverty Lakemore Village 1,222 41% for the COUNTY (the ALICE Threshold, 26% ALICE . Macedonia City 4,405 16% or AT). Combined, the number of 60%.

2 Above AT. Mogadore Village 1,017 37% poverty and ALICE households Munroe Falls City 2,070 29% equals the total population struggling New Franklin City 5,571 21% to afford basic needs. Northfield Center 2,213 17%. Township Northfield Village Norton City 1,484. 4,624. 42%. 30%. What are the economic conditions? Reminderville Village 1,303 18% The Economic Viability Dashboard evaluates community conditions Richfield Township 2,417 20% for ALICE in three core areas. Each is an index with a scale of 1 (worse). Sagamore Hills Township 4,581 22% to 100 (better). Silver Lake Village 991 18%. Springfield Township 5,658 39%. Housing Job Community Stow City 14,021 27%. Affordability Opportunities Resources Tallmadge City 6,662 35% 56 64 45. Twinsburg City 7,462 27%. Twinsburg Township 1,106 33%. What does it cost to afford the basic necessities? This bare-minimum budget does not allow for any savings, leaving a household vulnerable to unexpected expenses. Affording only a very modest living in each community, this budget is still significantly more than the Federal Poverty Level of $11,770 for a single adult and $24,250 for a family of four.

3 Household Survival Budget, SUMMIT COUNTY 2 ADULTS, 1 INFANT, SINGLE ADULT. 1 PRESCHOOLER. Housing $494 $776. Child Care $ $1,635. Food $184 $609. Transportation $349 $697. United WAY ALICE REPORT OHIO. Health Care $184 $707. Miscellaneous $139 $497. Taxes $178 $541. Monthly Total $1,528 $5,462. Note: Municipal-level data on this page is for COUNTY Subdivisions. Totals will not ANNUAL TOTAL $18,336 $65,544. match COUNTY -level data; municipal-level data relies on 5-year averages and is not Hourly Wage $ $ available for the smallest towns that do not Source: American Community Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), report income. Census, Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Election Assistance Commission, Ohio Department of Taxation, and Ohio Department of Job and Family 251 Services, 2015.