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Brimfield, Ohio.

A community in Portage County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Portage County’s.

Living in Brimfield, Portage County, Ohio

Brimfield, in Portage County, had 3,365 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $90,377 a year and half less, against $75,766 across Portage County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 97% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 3% are rented. Unemployment in Portage County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 3,365 in the 2020 census; median age 38.3
Household income $90,377 the median, give or take $16,365 · Portage County: $75,766
Unemployment 3.4% Portage County, August 2026; 4.5% a year before
Homes 97% lived in by their owners; 3% rented
  • 1,112households
  • 25%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 31 mintypical commute
  • 12%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Manufacturing14%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities11%
  • Building trades10%
  • Professional and business services6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Portage County had 56,790 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 34° and 17°; warmest in July, 84° and 60° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 34° 17° F M A M J J 84° 60° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 34° and 17°; warmest in July, 84° and 60° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 34° 17° F M A M J J 84° 60° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 60°. About 45 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Ravenna South weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Brimfield

  1. Carter Lumber Corporate OfficeBuilding materials dealer330
  2. Don Wartko ConstructionNatural gas pipeline construction140
  3. TSG ResourcesSkilled nursing facilities108
  4. Ameriseal & RestorationMasonry contractors21

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 599 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HailRelatively moderate
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  4. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Brimfield’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Portage County.