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Middlebranch, Ohio.

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

Living in Middlebranch, Stark County, Ohio

Middlebranch, in Stark County, had 2,117 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Stark County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Stark County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 2,117 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Middlebranch for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.7% Stark County, August 2026; 4.6% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Middlebranch for the Census survey to measure.
  • 776households
  • 34%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 13%work from home

What people in Stark County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Manufacturing17%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Building trades6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Stark County had 157,374 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 36° and 20°; warmest in July, 84° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 36° 20° F M A M J J 84° 63° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 36° and 20°; warmest in July, 84° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 36° 20° F M A M J J 84° 63° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 63°. About 47 inches of snow and 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Akron Canton Regional Airport weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest employers in Stark County

  1. Aultman Health Foundations6,800
  2. Cleveland Clinic2,421
  3. County of Stark2,154
  4. Freshmark, Inc.1,783
  5. Metallus (FKA TimkenSteel)1,704
  6. Canton City Board of Education1,702
  7. Giant Eagle1,166
  8. The Timken Company862

From Stark County’s annual financial report for 2024, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Human Resources of Listed Companies”), as Ohio’s Auditor of State publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.

Natural hazards

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

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Middlebranch’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 Stark County.