Deerfield, Ohio.
Typical home $243,724 (+6.2% in a year). Akron, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Deerfield
Deerfield is in Portage County, where its property tax is set. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$751 (+142%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,276 +6%
- $229,448$243,724 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $68,898 +39%
- $174,825$243,724 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Deerfield$1,279
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Deerfield, OH rose 6.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Deerfield, Portage County, Ohio
Deerfield is a township of 2,838 people in Portage County. Half its households earn more than $59,321 a year and half less, against $75,766 across Portage County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 82% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 18% 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.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Deerfield is a small rural township in Portage County, Ohio. Most homes are lived in by their owners, with far more owners than renters, and household incomes run below the county's. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are warm, and precipitation falls throughout the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, the building trades and manufacturing. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and a typical commute is a fairly long one. Across Portage County, some of the largest workplaces are UH Portage Medical Center, Kent City Schools and McMaster-Carr Supply Company.
Things to do. West Branch State Park and Lake Milton State Park, both protected areas, are a short drive away. For a day out, the Akron Art Museum is a longer drive away, as is the Pro Football Hall of Fame, one of the best known museums in the region.
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- 1,150households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
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
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, 14 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Portage County
- Kent State University3,500
- UH Hospitals Portage Medical Center1,400
- Portage County999
- Hattie Larlham501
- East Manufacturing Corporation500
- Step 2 Co LLC500
- Anna Maria of Aurora400
- Kensington Care Center350
From Portage County’s annual financial report for 2024, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Portage Development Board”), as Ohio’s Auditor of State publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- HailRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Portage County, 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 and the Akron, OH metro.
Deerfield home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Deerfield$243,724
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Deerfield5
Zip codes with a Deerfield address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Deerfield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.